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    [Noun]  | "stand*off" | \ ˈstand-ˌȯf \


    1: tie, deadlock

    2: a counterbalancing effect

    3: the act of standing off


    Origin: circa 1835 ;

    [Noun]  | "Mexican standoff" 


    1: a situation in which no one emerges a clear winner; also : deadlock


    Origin: 1876 ;

    [Adjective]  | "standoff" 


    1: standoffish

    2: used for holding something at a distance from a surface


    Origin: 1837 ;

    [Verb]  | "stand off" 


    1: to stay at a distance from something

    2: to sail away from the shore

    3: to keep from advancing : repel


    Origin: 1591 ;

    [Verb]  | "stand off" 


    1: as in fight, resist;




    [Noun]  | "standoff" 


    1: a situation in which neither participant in a contest, competition, or struggle comes out ahead of the other;


      * e.g., " ... after two hours they had played to a 5-5 standoff "



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    2: a point in a struggle where neither side is capable of winning or willing to give in;


      * e.g., " ... the standoff continued for three days before the fugitive gave himself up to the authorities "



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    [Noun]  | "Mexican standoff" 


    1: a point in a struggle where neither side is capable of winning or willing to give in;


      * e.g., " ... in the battle over bedtime the parents and their son are at a Mexican standoff "



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    [Adjective]  | "standoff" 


    1: having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others;


      * e.g., " ... the client's standoff attitude suggested that this was going to be a strictly business relationship "





     [ "standoff" ]

    1: Noun. When two men on chatroulette are both jacking off and both refuse to hit the next button and see who can go longer.

      * e.g.,  ... Bill: "Dude what happens when a guy is beating off and gets a dick?" Joe: "They usually have a standoff." 

     [ "standoff" ]

    1: a level in halo 3 that everyone hates and vetoes. only nubcakes can win because they are faggot enough to get into the warthog and drive around all day and shoot people

      * e.g.,  ... FACCCCCK! Not standoff again. This map sucks. I hate all the noob biscuits slobbering in noob sauce wanting to get the splaser. Veto this shit!!!!! 

     [ "Standoff" ]

    1: noun. a person who calls everybody else a new jack, so that they themselves don't get called new jacks. Usual targets are people who generally listen to mainstream bands, regardless of experience in hardcore music, and music diversity.

      * e.g.,  ... "You know that fool steven?" 

     [ "Shit Standoff" ]

    1: n. - The scenario where one, with no other options, enters a public restroom having to take an urgent shit, but discovers that one or more stalls is/are quietly occupied by other people with the same idea. In an effort to be polite or keep from embarrassing themselves, no one in the restroom wants to be the first to squeeze out a loud, booming fart or firebomb a lunker into the water below for everyone to hear, so what ensues is a shit standoff.

      * e.g.,  ... Ned: "Dude, where were you?" Larry: "I was in the bathroom. I would've been back 10 minutes ago but there was a wicked shit standoff in there." 

     [ "Canadian Standoff" ]

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

      * e.g.,  ... Man: Oh sorry 

     [ "Brooklyn standoff" ]

    1: A Brooklyn standoff is when multiple roommates want to stay in a rent controlled or super cheap apartment but have grown to hate each other and can absolutely not live together anymore.

      * e.g.,  ... Man I hate my roommates so much these days but no one will move out because we all know we couldn't get a better deal. It's turned into a real Brooklyn standoff. standoff stalemate brooklyn roommates rent rentistoodamnhigh 

     [ "midwestern standoff" ]

    1: A no-win situation in which no action is taken because all parties defer to the others. Like a Mexican standoff but with toxic niceness instead of guns.

      * e.g.,  ... Every driver at the 4-way stop waved the others along but no one would go since it was a midwestern standoff. 

     [ "Omani standoff" ]

    1: A Omani standoff typically constitutes a standoff between a goat from Oman and a Libyan man. Over the years however it has come to describe any standoff involving man and animal. History: circa 1800, some rogue Libyan pirates attempted to enter Oman through the Arabian Sea having circumvented the whole of Africa. Upon reaching its shores, they were met by the abundant goats that roam Oman freely. While the Omani villagers were busy tending to their crops further inland, the goats stood fiercely in the face of the pirates, and it was their determination that ultimately forced the Libyans to retreat.

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     [ "Manx Standoff" ]

    1: n : a situation in which 3 automobiles arrive at the same time on a 3 way mini traffic circle. No one is willing to emerge first, and the 3 drivers sit looking at each other. All 3 then move ahead at the same time, then slam the brakes on. Repeat a few times.

      * e.g.,  ... Man, sorry I’m late, I was trying to drive across Quarterbridge when the idiot in front of me got himself into a Manx Standoff. 

     [ "Sexican Standoff" ]

    1: A stalemate between you and your significant other when you both want to have sex, but neither wants to do all the work.

      * e.g.,  ... My husband and I wanted to have sex last night, but we were both too tired. It was a serious Sexican Standoff. 

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