Deja Vu, but with Pop Culture Reference. Or you read or see something and suddenly have to stop and think about the reference.
When I was watching the New Spider-Man, I Meta-Paused after they mentioned something I didn't get. I couldn't get it out of my head the entire film and was unable to get the reference until I looked it up later.
The ability weld by people named Snodgrass that has the ability to stop time indefinitely untill he says to continue
Jotaro: Star Platinum, The world
Snodgrass: ok pause
A rolling stop, instead of a complete stop at a stop sign.
Why did you get a ticket? He said I ran the stop sign, I stopped, I don't know what he's talking about. (No she did a pennsylvania pause
Extreme dramatic pause in the middle of a social interaction
“…so then Chad”
“—GAY BOY PAUSE! I saw Chad with him last weekend”
The laptop pause is when you are going to turn on your laptop in a public place and hesitate to remember whether you left anything embarrassing open last night.
I had to buy a second computer for work only so I wouldn't have to do the laptop pause.
The laptop pause is when you are going to turn on your laptop in a public area and hesitate to remember if you left anything embarrassing open the night before.
I had to buy another computer for work only so I wouldn't have to do the laptop pause.
That moment where you're still stopped at a green light to wait for any assholes who run the red light to clear the intersection and/or could potentially hit you
I had to take a stupidity pause today at a green light because I thought some dickhole was going to run the red light