graduation purgatory

The period of time between the culmination your final semester and your graduation where you're required to make crucial decisions which decide how your life is gonna turn out.

Dude, watcha gonna do during your graduation purgatory?

Thinkin about takin a road trip and gettin laid bro...

by vij_29 September 23, 2011

professional purgatory

Experienced largely during a person's mid-twenties, denoting a period of a person's professional life where they feel they are pointlessly clocking in and clocking out, endlessly over what is viewed as an infinite length of time.

"I'm stuck in professional purgatory, Sue - however many jobs I apply for, I still have the cold sweat of having to wakeup tomorrow to do the same job that I hate, day in, day out"

"I'm so glad to have escaped professional purgatory; I've finally got a job where people give me a real wage, real responsibility and a sense of worth!!"

by Marwam September 27, 2013

hair purgatory

The state of boredom, dislike, or displeasure a person experiences in between periods of changing their hair color, cut, or style. Can be used to describe the uncomfortable "grow-out" wait after a bad haircut, or recovery time after a damaging dye job.

I've been in hair purgatory ever since that stylist butchered my hair cut.

by emmatortie June 10, 2015

jacket purgatory

When the temp tyre is just cold enough that it needs a jacket, but you become too hot when you put it on. Thus begins the cycles of taking the jacket on and off to remain comfortable

It's cold in here, but not that cold, and I don't want to get stuck in jacket purgatory

by Cackfist January 4, 2016

Lobby Purgatory

Lobby Purgatory is when you're playing a game and you're stuck in the game's lobby for huge amounts of time or even forever. Most common game for this to happen is Landfall Games' April fools 2018 joke "Totally Accurate Battlegrounds"

Jim: Why hasn't the game loaded yet?
Bob: You must be stuck in Lobby Purgatory.
Jim: *leaves game*
Bob: OH GOD STOP
Jim: *dies*
Bob: *dies*

by Lilhappi June 14, 2018

Penile Purgatory

That point of waiting after round one for your penile facilities to return for round two.

Hold on a minute. I’m in penile purgatory!

by Dickolas Cage November 9, 2019

Food Purgatory

The act of being forbidden to receive food made by a coworker because you were being rude.

“Oh, you want to say something rude, well now you’re in food purgatory.”

by FP12345 April 11, 2020