catch22 

A phrase made popular by the book, a Catch-22 is a situation where desired solutions are impossible due to illogical rules.

It is VERY similar to the phrase: 'damned if you do, damned if you don't'.

History class was a catch-22. Either you completed hours of work or you got scolded and hurt from neglecting it. Or you had to pay for someone else to do it. There seemed to be no desirable option.

catch22 by Erin Wolf The Werewolf September 14, 2005

catch22 

see War On Terrorism, War On Drugs, War In Iraq, and Vietnam

Bush sure made a good catch22 over there in Iraq.

catch22 by Senator Assface August 28, 2006

catch22 

Heads I win. Tales you loose.

Debugging is twice as hard as writing the program, so if you write the program as cleverly as you can, by definition, you won’t be clever enough to debug it.

~ Brian Kernighan
~ http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~bwk/

(a classic example of catch22)

catch22 by wincliff April 26, 2009

catch22 

A functionally retarded internet message board poster who exhibits symtoms of paranoia, schizophrenia, delusions, and drug and alcohol abuse.

"That babbling fruitcake sounds like catch22", or "Either a drunken retard flew in here on a missle fired from the Woolworth Building and started puking all over the place, or Catch is back".

Catch22 posts on several message boards using mutiple identities on each. He plays 'sock puppets' with himself, arguing between his various personas about nutty conspiracy theories and plots against him (them?). Some of his other identities include: ThisRendition, 1chipinbrain, JFK63&9/11, Electric Shock Guy, Cain Kills Abel, 32 Flavors, R.P. McMurphy, Ghostwriter, and many many others.

Catch currently divides his his time by arguing with himself about CIA persecution, and by working towards being the first person to be banned off of every single forum on the internet. As of late, he has been instigating conflicts and strife between boards who have banned one or more of his identities. Watch for a Catch22 appearance at a forum near you!

catch22 by JB January 5, 2005

catch22 

Awesome ska band. I mean, they're so good to hear it.

"Look at me, I'm an awesome ska band. CATCH22"

catch22 by Cameron November 11, 2004

catch22 

Term used to identify a snitch in the hood.

Or

A narc.

"Yo. You know that dude?"
"Yeah. He's catch22, man."

catch22 by Brainiac January 7, 2005