This is when two parties (most often a couple) find themselves in a heightened state of readiness whereby both eagerly await a text message from one another while each is simultaneously unwilling to send one. Often, the first to cave is perceived as being a weak, ineffectual, or submissive.
bystander one:
wow, have they been like this all day?
bystander two:
Yes, each of them is poised to hit send...but...well, you know...
bystander one:
Sí, Sí. They've got themselves a Textican Standoff.
wow, have they been like this all day?
bystander two:
Yes, each of them is poised to hit send...but...well, you know...
bystander one:
Sí, Sí. They've got themselves a Textican Standoff.
by Saint Scams August 8, 2007
This is when you go into a public restroom, into a stall and another person comes in and sits in the stall next to you. Neither of you drop a deuce, waiting for the other to drop first. It makes for a sometimes tense situation
Damn... I was just in the men's room and got caught in a mexican standoff. I finally got up and left. I'm going to give it another try in a few minutes.
by Capt. Crapper November 28, 2009
When a man and woman, not yet in a committed relationship, hold out on texting each other, typically after a sexual encounter with each other, for fear of their partner thinking that they are "too clingy." Similar to a wild west standoff, except with texts not revolvers.
Manuel- Have you heard from Sarah since that party last weekend?
Craig- No, we banged in the bathroom, but now I'm in a textual standoff with her.
Craig- No, we banged in the bathroom, but now I'm in a textual standoff with her.
by Slate G Rov May 20, 2010
A term used when you and 1 or more of your friends are playing a first-person shooter type video game, and some or all of the players have equipped sniper rifles, therefore all the players are just hiding waiting for someone else to move.
by bill April 23, 2004
A phrase used by sports announcers to describe a tie or draw game. Use of the term has declined in recent years probably because it is perceived as being politically incorrect and also because the rules of some sports have been modified to reduce or eliminate ties or draws.
How appropriate that the World Cup opener between South Africa and Mexico ended in a Mexican Standoff.
by fetmeister June 11, 2010
A sexual position in which two dudes jerk off back to back, and the first guy who cums turns around and releases his load on the other's back.
by SemanticsMaster November 9, 2017
The opposite of a Mexican standoff, when everyone is to fucking nice to take turns in the proper order.
so we are driving the other day and a car pulls up at each side of a 4 way stop and we all just sat there in a Canadian standoff because no one would go first.
by fk from cv February 27, 2015