Occurs when two individuals cross paths and each politely suggests that the other may go first.

Intelligence agency term for "psychological operation". A government or corporate-sponsored operation, usually taking the form of a "terrorist attack" or "crazed gunman on a spree", with the intent of panicking the public into demanding more police and laws inhibiting freedom. Psyops are usually carried out by drugging a civilian or group of civilians with aggression-promoting drugs, psyching them up, arming them, and sending them out to commit mayhem. Government-sponsored terrorism. See also blackshirts, conspiracy

A situation in which both parties are too nice to let themselves win at the other's expense. The opposite of a Mexican standoff.

For example, if two Canadians arrive simultaneously at a narrow doorway, each is likely to stand aside and invite the other to cross first, and so on, until they both give up, set up camp for the winter, and offer each other a beer.

The opposite of a Mexican standoff, when everyone is to fucking nice to take turns in the proper order.

A Canadian stand-off is a situation where in which two or more individuals are are tryin to pass each other in a hallway or intersection, and when confronted with the question of who will move first or have the right of way all of the individuals refuse to move saying things such as "no you first." Or "by all means." In this situation every one is too polite for any action to take place.

When you are too nice to someone, and the other person is also too nice, so nothing gets done, because you are both being way too polite

A Canadian Standoff is a confrontation among two or more parties in which no participant can proceed or retreat without willingly paying for a shared item. As a result, all participants need to maintain the strategic tension, which remains unresolved until some outside event makes it possible to resolve it.