The Dutchman's Curse is any sentence that starts with "It's just a matter of...", "It should be working...", or something similar, implying that it will take no time to complete at all, but in reality always turns into being a lot more work.
Supervisor - It's just a matter of copying that line of code into this file.
-- 5 hours later --
Employee - I'm still working on it since I had to rewrite the file to get that line of code to work. Stupid Dutchman's Curse.
-- 5 hours later --
Employee - I'm still working on it since I had to rewrite the file to get that line of code to work. Stupid Dutchman's Curse.
by tilespace October 04, 2010
The Smash online 2v2 curse is when you play online and are forced to be in 2v2’s and get stuck with terrible teammates, also usually two tryhards are also put together as the enemy team, leading to you fending for yourself and loosing a ton of GSP.
That Smash online 2v2 curse is the worst. I’m trying to get into Elite Smash but I get put in 2v2’s and loose like 450,000 GSP.
by Iilw44 April 21, 2023
When a lightskin caputures your heart and makes you in love with them. Once the have done that they manipulate you to play to their need
by The lightskin April 29, 2021
John: Did you know that Obama died yesterday?!
Anna: No he didn’t....you must’ve fell into the thought curse
Anna: No he didn’t....you must’ve fell into the thought curse
by CrystalTearing66 September 16, 2017
When you lose your virginity to someone and are then obsessed and think youre in love with them. If you date them you will be obsessed with them but often its not reciprocated if they were not a virgin when you shagged.
by grumplip June 06, 2024
The belief that the progression of naval engineering will, over time, degrade the aesthetic appeal and qualities of the design of a ship.
The term references the Surveyor of the Royal Navy, Robert Seppings, who put forward radical changes in sailing ship design across the fleet improving their seaworthiness and general durability. His changes were notoriously unpopular among naval authorities of the period as they strayed away from traditional naval architecture. His philosophies were continued, eventually leading to the development of iron-hulled ships.
The term references the Surveyor of the Royal Navy, Robert Seppings, who put forward radical changes in sailing ship design across the fleet improving their seaworthiness and general durability. His changes were notoriously unpopular among naval authorities of the period as they strayed away from traditional naval architecture. His philosophies were continued, eventually leading to the development of iron-hulled ships.
by James_Cook June 23, 2024
by 253436437 September 15, 2021