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door-locked-from-the-inside situation 

a situation where having solved the problem is a prerequisite for solving it.

it is a problem where a solution exists, but access to it is blocked by the problem itself
this is an execution-based form of a circular reasoning paradox
Buying a package of scissors which need scissors to be opened is a door-locked-from-the-inside situation.

Door Locker 

When you are locked out of your own room by someone who is making an attempt to get laid. This person usually will not let you in the room no matter the circumstances.
Man, That Mike is such a door locker. I had to sleep out in the hallway, and he didn't even get laid!
Door Locker by MBL December 30, 2007

Double Door Locker 

The same as a door locker, but used when the door has an automatic lock like a hotel door, or cruise ship cabin. The bolt is used in addition to the automatic lock.
Fuckin' Mike is such a Double Door Locker. He locked me out of my own cabin, and I had to sleep in the hallway.
Double Door Locker by MBL January 4, 2008
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)
fogey by Petyush September 14, 2005
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Add a tablespoon of jarlic to two teaspoons of butter and spread it in bread to make garlic bread
Jarlic by YSAC fanboy June 6, 2020
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An armpit enthusiast — typically of the scent, appearance, and touch of hairy underarms.
That dude’s such a pitpig, I have to wear deodorant to keep him at bay.
Pitpig by wimbledon May 28, 2026
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