Deadline

A line drawn within or around a prison that a prisoner passes at the risk of being shot.

114563: Don't cross the deadline man. Warden Hanson will shoot you down.
483190: I have to escape. I can't stay in this hellhole any longer!

by Order 65 July 3, 2017

deadline

Noun, Temporal:

Designates the approximate point in time at which work begins in earnest; employee motivation is frequently observed to be "dead" before the deadline draws near.

"Christ, it's the nearly deadline already?! Hey Pete, put down the controller my friend - it's time that we looked at these shuttle schematics."

by Joshua B. Wright April 5, 2004

deadline

The point at which work should held until, and then handed over to others all in one go.

"Shall we pass the orders to traffic and comm prod?"

"nah, deadline isn't till 5pm"

by Disgruntled December 28, 2005

deadline

A deadline refers to a practice in earlier prison camps which were usually farms and therefore had no real fences and so the deadline was literally a perimeter line that if you crossed you would be shot and most likely killed.

Can you imagine if they were to enact old school deadlines in place of the modern equivalent? I bet everyone would turn their work in on time with that kind of pressure. Unless of course they were suicidal and too lazy to do it themselves.

by saharadryhumor January 8, 2015

deadline

Russian column of military vehicles

A: "What the hell is all that trash doing on the roads of Ukraine's Chornobaivka?"
B: "That's a deadline. Russians did it again..."

by Mr.Tro April 14, 2022

deadline

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.

We have to make a deadline before the British arrive!

by faky fake November 14, 2019

Deadline

when a relationship is over and its not your problem

Charlie:She cheated on me bro!

Andy: WHAT! oh nah she's a deadline

by DD ROOKS February 28, 2023