Mostly relevant to those with ADHD but also neurotypicals that procrastinate or are just lazy.
The process of not doing the thing till the thing is absolutely due imminently.
The process of not doing the thing till the thing is absolutely due imminently.
John: how did you approach question 4 in the assignment that's due tomorrow?
David: yeah I've not started that yet, I'm currently playing deadline chicken
David: yeah I've not started that yet, I'm currently playing deadline chicken
by Shadow the little blue cat March 16, 2023
Get the deadline chickenmug. A fictional time or date by which something should be completed, ususally according to a movie, television show, video game, science fiction book, or bullshit artist.
Example 1:
Dude: "It's 2015. Weren't we supposed to have hoverboards like Marty McFly in Back To The Future II by now?"
Girl : Nah, "2015" was just a movie deadline. We're just kicking that hoverboard shit off in 2015 and the tech for it kind of sucks right now.
Example 2:
Girl: "Jake said he was going to marry me by 2012. It's 2015 -- I guess that 2012 bullshit was just a 'movie deadline.'"
Dude: "It's 2015. Weren't we supposed to have hoverboards like Marty McFly in Back To The Future II by now?"
Girl : Nah, "2015" was just a movie deadline. We're just kicking that hoverboard shit off in 2015 and the tech for it kind of sucks right now.
Example 2:
Girl: "Jake said he was going to marry me by 2012. It's 2015 -- I guess that 2012 bullshit was just a 'movie deadline.'"
by HonkusSeized July 7, 2015
Get the Movie Deadlinemug. by Real deadliner August 9, 2020
Get the Deadlinermug. when a relationship is over and its not your problem
by DD ROOKS February 28, 2023
Get the Deadlinemug. The phenomenon where developers are urged to fulfill the deadline in gaming development, whilst at the same time still being unable to intuitively figure out the fastest way to finish making the game
With the launch date just weeks away, the developer team fell into a deadline dilemma, racing against the clock but still unsure how to tackle the remaining features.
by Emotional Cruiser October 12, 2025
Get the deadline dilemmamug. An insane deadline, huge workload under very tight deadline. Named after Indonesian prambanan temple folklore, which demanded that 1000 temples should be built overnight.
by rtnF April 19, 2022
Get the Prambanan deadlinemug. Etymology: At the end of WW 2, when the British were about to overrun the German Nazi's, the Nazi's often sought to eliminate all evidence of their crimes in the internment camps. This evidence also included the prisoners. They were put in a line and killed, which had to be done before the British arrived.
by faky fake November 14, 2019
Get the deadlinemug.