what often happens when two people are partaking in an instant messaging conversation. one person begins to type but then sees the icon that represents the other person is typing. this causes them to stop in an attempt to let the other person enter what they were typing. however, the other person notices that the first person was typing and also stops typing. thus, both people stop typing because they anticipate the other person will say something. chat standoff can often lead to extended moments of virtual silence and awkwardness that neither party enjoys.
guy 1: so i talked to tiffany on aim last night.
guy 2: how'd that go?
guy 1: terrible. we got caught in chat standoff and didn't say anything for half an hour.
guy 2: how'd that go?
guy 1: terrible. we got caught in chat standoff and didn't say anything for half an hour.
by ilikedykes January 23, 2009
n : a situation in which no one can emerge as a clear winner. A poor man's Mutally Assured Destruction
That dude had a gun pointed to my head but I had a knife in his gut -- we were in a Mexican Standoff.
by Loogoo Maloogoo September 24, 2003
The sexual tension in the room had surpassed atmospheric pressure and was making everyone uncomfortable. There was no hope of relief, however, for this was the world's longest Sexican standoff.
by Arbag December 14, 2014
a poop standoff is when 2 people go into a public bathroom with more than one stall to poop. both people try waiting until the other person leaves so they can poop in private. that is a poop standoff.
julie went into her work bathroom to poop, but as soon as she got in there, another co-worker came in. she then became involved in a poop standoff, while she tried to outwait the other person.
by funnygurl February 24, 2010
(n) when you and another person mutually to text each other in the hopes that the other person is going to "give in" and text first but in the end you just don't talk anymore because neither will give in
by geekintechnicolor August 30, 2011
A situation where two lesbians are attracted to each other, but each side is waiting for the other to make the first move.
Me and Brianna were in a lesbian standoff for 6 whole months before I finally worked up the courage to be the one to go first and ask her out!
by Too Gay for Gay August 29, 2022
There's a 19th Century story in Mexico that illustrates the Mexican Standoff very well. Two horse carriages going in the opposite direction entered a narrow street and met halfway through. Neither could move forward, and each insisted that the other back his horse carriage up. Each sent servants for foor and water, and both stayed firm for several days, until the authorities made both of them back up.
by Robert H94121 August 31, 2007