courtesy delay

Refers to any pause or temporary postponement of a minor action (speaking, standing up or shifting your position while seated or in bed, switching on/off a light or music device, performing a "noisy" task like moving furniture or operating a motorized household device, etc.) that a thoughtful considerate individual performs (often with a moderate taxing of his own patience/bodily comfort) so as to avoid/minimize the startling/distressing impact of said action on one or more other nearby humans, such as a slumbering partner who is super-exhausted and/or is in a lot of pain or other acute bodily discomfort that he feels whenever he's awake, and thus the only time he has relief is when he's actually asleep.

Cool dude #1: Geez, buddy --- why da awkward limp and droopy shoulders?!?!???
Cool dude #2: (groaning in pain as he hobbles over to sit beside his friend to watch the ball game with him): Oh, just da classic "courtesy delay" woes, pal... I was sitting cross-legged on the grass with my girlfriend, and she had fallen asleep with her head in my lap... I knew she'd been up since 3 a.m. to help her mom care for her colicky baby brother, and so naturally, Mr. Soft-Hearted here couldn't bear to wake her up by changing position, and so I just hadda sit motionless on the cold hard ground with my muscles going numb and cramping up for half an hour till she finally came awake to turn over herself.

by QuacksO August 23, 2017

smart delay start

A start that is delayed from its normal time because of a smartphone use.

e.g. (at a petrol servo, while waiting in line)
- "Why isn't this car moving out, they've been finished for 5' now!"
- "They probably do a smart delay start! Honk at them! Or wait until they've finished texting."

by tropicalm October 17, 2017

Beer delay

The beer delay occurs when you drink to much and your brain needs the extra second to understand shit

*Adam laughing about a joke 2 min after everybody else finished laughing*

Yo, Adam is hammered! He got a full-on beer delay

by Burgerbude March 21, 2018

poop delay

When someone is late because they (or someone they're traveling with) takes an excessively long poop, therefore causing a delay in the plans.

Sorry we're late to the poetry reading, we were set back about 20 minutes due to my husband's poop delay.

by The mad shatter July 9, 2019

comics delay

Refers to an impromptu pause in labors that involve old newspapers --- such as cleanup or padding --- to read cartoons that you happen across as you're separating the leaves of the journals prior to using the paper sheets for their intended purpose in your task.

My boss takes a dim view of comics delays, so I just save out any newspaper-sheets that have cartoons on them, and then peruse said funnies during my coffee breaks.

by QuacksO March 25, 2019

fame delay

The late arrival for the more exclusive/popular (famous) guests.
The term is both used to excuse late arrivals and practised to appear more popular, exclusive, busy and sensational.

BEN: Dude we're so fucking late!
JOHN: That's alright Ben, you know... fame delay. Am I right?

OR

BEN: Come on, let's go!
JOHN: No way dude! Don't forget about fame delay. We should at least arrive one hour into the party.
BEN: Oh yeah right. We're so V.I.P.!
FIONA: Omg guys. Stop being such assholes.

by Longtimeman October 12, 2019

disabled delay

when the government doesn’t allow emergent things to generally happen in front of disabled people

The disabled delay kept them from suffering more illnesses which would cost the government more funds.

by Coop Dupe December 15, 2019