resolution delay

Only being able to fulfill a New Year's resolution 4~8 months into the year

I set a goal to get fit in January, but it turned into a resolution delay when I didn't stop cursing until August.

by Emotional Cruiser October 12, 2025

The MB Delay

When an email is sent and received, it sits in the inbox of the Customer Service Rep that it was sent directly to, unread for hours or sometimes days. Most email will never get responded to ever. Building up in the inbox, lost forever in the Outlook abyss. When the email is finally replied to, the situation has already long been resolved or a delayed task.

Please also see: mike+brown+task

"I sent an email last week to [e-mail] and have not heard back"
Tech Rep looks over notes and sees that customers email is on the MB Delay.

by TheOnlyICPrincess September 3, 2009

two-hour delay

the second greatest thing next to a snow day. Sure you still have to go to school, but you get to sleep in for two more hours.

There was a two-hour delay so I got an extra two hour sleep.

by Batmangirl January 28, 2014

2 hour delay

Delays do happens sometimes.

Delays do happens sometimes for EX: 2 hour delay.

by Wilber lara March 9, 2017

Check your delay

The delay when you turn your head very quickly while drunk. The more you drink the more you're delayed.

Bro: hey man I might be drunk
You: check your delay bro
*Bro turns head quickly*
Bro: yeah dude I'm hammered

by Hey Big Show October 16, 2019

Doom Loop Delay

Doom Loop Delay (or DLD for short) is when a Doom Looper (someone who watches the same TV show over and over again) has been so entrenched in their Doom Loop, that they have become out of touch with current affairs & TV shows. Shows they haven't seen seem like they were released yesterday, although most non loopers have probably seen them already. There are varying degrees of DLD, from mild to severe.

Doom Looper in the year 2020; Hey friend, have you seen "Making a Murderer"? Its this CRAZY TV documentary show!
Friend of Doom Looper; Yeah, that came out like 4 years ago? Did you only just see that?
Doom Looper in the year 2020; Yeah I just finished it yesterday...

Friend of Doom Looper; What? What have you been doing?

Doom Looper in the year 2020; I was watching "The Office" for the 645th time...
Friend of Doom Looper; I think you're suffering from Doom Loop Delay.

Doom Looper in the year 2020; That's what she said.

by Det. Lloyd Gross November 13, 2020

Evidence-Saturation Delay

The cognitive phenomenon where the presentation of overwhelming evidence actually slows down decision-making and judgment rather than accelerating it. When faced with too much evidence, the mind freezes—unable to process, prioritize, or conclude. This delay is paradoxical: more information should lead to faster, better decisions, but beyond a certain point, it leads to paralysis. Evidence-saturation delay is why juries can deadlock after weeks of testimony, why consumers can't choose among 50 similar products, and why debates about complex issues never end despite mountains of data. The cure is not more evidence but better filtering, which is why experts are valuable: they know what to ignore. The rest of us just drown.

Example: "She spent three weeks researching which laptop to buy, reading reviews, comparing specs, watching videos. Evidence-saturation delay had struck: the more she learned, the less she could decide. She finally bought the one her friend recommended, which she could have done in five minutes. The evidence hadn't helped; it had paralyzed."

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 17, 2026