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courtesy delay

Refers to any pause or temporary postponement of a minor action (speaking, standing up or shifting your position while seated or in bed, switching on/off a light or music device, performing a "noisy" task like moving furniture or operating a motorized household device, etc.) that a thoughtful considerate individual performs (often with a moderate taxing of his own patience/bodily comfort) so as to avoid/minimize the startling/distressing impact of said action on one or more other nearby humans, such as a slumbering partner who is super-exhausted and/or is in a lot of pain or other acute bodily discomfort that he feels whenever he's awake, and thus the only time he has relief is when he's actually asleep.

Cool dude #1: Geez, buddy --- why da awkward limp and droopy shoulders?!?!???
Cool dude #2: (groaning in pain as he hobbles over to sit beside his friend to watch the ball game with him): Oh, just da classic "courtesy delay" woes, pal... I was sitting cross-legged on the grass with my girlfriend, and she had fallen asleep with her head in my lap... I knew she'd been up since 3 a.m. to help her mom care for her colicky baby brother, and so naturally, Mr. Soft-Hearted here couldn't bear to wake her up by changing position, and so I just hadda sit motionless on the cold hard ground with my muscles going numb and cramping up for half an hour till she finally came awake to turn over herself.

by QuacksO August 23, 2017


Common courtesy

Showing respect to others, respect that you would expect from anyone.

If you’re mother-in-law is babysitting your 3 month old twins, not on a work day that she does twice a week but on a Saturday so you can go watch your 8 year-old play football in 90 degree weather, and you are going to be an hour late, you should show her common courtesy by sending her a text or call.

by Happych7c September 2, 2023


courtesy clean

Before sexual intercourse, you and the other party have brief wash of your private parts to make the experience more hygienic and enjoyable.

"babe, give me a blow job please?"

"ok honey.. Ew your dick smells.. Go have a courtesy clean first"

by samanfuu September 14, 2013