A Catch-14 is a situation where a solution to a trivial problem is rejected for nonsensical or nonexistent reasons. The name is a reference to one proposed title for the book Catch-22, which was rejected because the number 14 was not "funny enough".
"I had to stay late at work due to a Catch-14 my boss had with using an LDAP query to poll user information"
or
"I had to come in over the weekend to rewrite our back end code, the boss wanted to use magic quotes instead of mysqli because they were 'magic'"
"Catch 14 man" *smokes blunt*
or
"I had to come in over the weekend to rewrite our back end code, the boss wanted to use magic quotes instead of mysqli because they were 'magic'"
"Catch 14 man" *smokes blunt*
by ADINSX_sa August 14, 2009
Get the Catch-14 mug.by rkrr July 20, 2010
Get the Catch the Fade mug.Related Words
catchall
• catcha
• catcha on the flipside
• Catchalata
• Catchana
• catchaos_
• catchapoo
• catchatoo
• En catchana
• catch-22
by angie February 21, 2005
Get the catcher mug.Pretty much the best show on the Discovery Channel. Its about the most dangerous job in America. It takes place in the Bering Sea in Unalaka Alaska. Someday I will be a greenhorn!
by Corrie Modica July 3, 2007
Get the deadliest catch mug.the large breasts of a woman(or man) which often catch the crumbs of Combos or other miscellaneous snacks.
DAMN MARIAH, look at all the food your crumb catchers are getting.
Wow, with DSL's and crumb catchers like that, you must live in New York.
Wow, with DSL's and crumb catchers like that, you must live in New York.
by The Anonymous Ricky G March 3, 2009
Get the Crumb Catchers mug.by aalaa15291 October 16, 2008
Get the catch ya on the flip side mug.by WhizzleGizzle August 31, 2008
Get the catch a flight to boston mug.