catch 22

Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

I hate school, its a Catch 22.

by Jakabones January 14, 2006

Catch 22

A situation in which a desired outcome or solution is impossible to attain because of a set of inherently illogical rules

The following is a rather common Catch 22,

Conservatives usually claim one of two things about liberals:
1) They're so open-minded their brains have fallen out
2) They're close-minded hypocrites who are only tolerant of opinions they agree with.
Clearly, these two points of view cannot be reconciled. Therefore I've dubbed it the Anti-Liberal Catch-22.
I mean, which one is it then? Overly open minded idiots or closed-minded hypocrites?
Make up your minds, conservatives!

by Submitters of Words June 23, 2011

Catch 22

A phase used to describe a unwinnable problem. Where you can't win without all ready losing.

Guy1: I want to get out of this what do i need to do?
Guy2: You have to be mentally ill.
Guy1: I'm mentally ill, take me off!
Guy2: Your clearly not because you want off.
Guy1: Well Guy3 is clearly mentally ill, will you take him off?
Guy2: Yep but he has to ask me but that would mean that he's not mentally ill.
Guy1: Its a Catch 22!
Guy2: Exactly.

by V The Trap November 11, 2020

Catch 22

A pretty good ska band back in 1998. Then guitarist/singer Tomas Kalnoky and bassist Josh Ansley and trumpeter/trombonist Jamie Egan left to start another band called Streetlight Manifesto, who are now awesome. Catch 22, on the other hand, shifted new band members and now sucks.

Wow, Catch 22 sucks now.

by Max January 22, 2004

Catch 22

A ska band from a small town in New Jersey. Recently played their last show at Bamboozle '07. Very Good Band.

I skanked at the Catch 22 show last week

by rbfreak May 23, 2007

Catch 22

See Paradox.
Or as Bart Simpson would say, "You're damned if ya' do, and you're damned if ya' don't."

You need to jump into the ocean to put out the flames on your head. But if you jump into the ocean, the giant squid will suck your guts out.

by Poster Nutbag June 5, 2003

CATCH 22

A plethora of diseases a man or woman could catch from an undesirable man or woman

Don't have sex with him it's a CATCH 22

by SMD111 July 11, 2017