Something that takes a lot of your time and effort in order to be completed. Fequently used in MMORPGS to make customers play longer, thus making them pay more. Time sinks are very, very, very, very, very bad.
DAOC or Dark Age of Camelot is the king of the time sink.
DAOC or Dark Age of Camelot is the king of the time sink.
by Krom September 24, 2004
A website that is interesting enough to lead office workers to spend lot of the company time surfing that site.
"The Urban Dictionary is one big time sink. I spent two hours on that site and didn't get any work done.
by Phakebox September 15, 2005
A term used for videogames that require a great amount of time to be invested in them. A defining characteristic of a time sink is that due to the immersiveness of the game, the time spent playing these games feels small when in reality, the gamer has been playing for hours.
Do NOT play Civilization 4 or Oblivion. Those games are such time sinks that when you finsih, you'll be paying for your next game with your retirement checks.
by R. Kemp June 04, 2006
A person that is high maintenance, not from a financial viewpoint, but from an unacceptable demand on your time. Most often a client that requires an inordinate amount of hand-holding, explanations, or wooing.
I had to back away from that time sink. She was already into me for 8 hours before I wrote even one line of code.
by Li'l Scotty March 24, 2007