Occam's Inconvenience

When the most inconvenient outcome to a situation is the most likely to occur.

Wife: "Honey, why are you going to work so early?"

Husband: "Occam's Inconvenience dictates there will most likely be a lot of traffic on the freeway, and construction on all the side streets. Or some combination of the two, especially if I'm running late."

Wife: "Like how it seems everything outside of your control stacks against you when you're least prepared to handle it."

Husband: "Exactly."

by Occam's Electric Shaver November 13, 2011

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minor inconvenience

When superman threw his "S" at the bad guy

"That was a minor inconvenience"
"Yea well take that"

by Magnus II August 6, 2016

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Minor Inconvenience

When that attractive person you met just isn't quite old enough to legally consent to sex.

He was hot as fuck and funny too! Unfortunately he's was only 15. Minor inconvenience.

by Satans Lapdog April 22, 2017

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Mental Inconvenience

A moment of forgetfulness, blankness, and general frozen state of mind when facing a question (in particular on a test or that moment when somethings just escaped your mind and you can’t retrieve it)

*student raises their hand to teacher* Excuse me, I’m having a moment of mental inconvenience as I cannot remember how to do this math problem…

by Elyse the beast November 25, 2021

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predatory inconvenience

When a task is made more difficult, or monotonous, with the intent of pushing the task doer to pay for, or agree to, giving up something of value to make the task easier.

I can't believe we have to do so many calculations to complete this form, it feels as though it was designed as a predatory inconvenience.

by StewVanB December 10, 2024

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