What does the term "catch 22 mean"?
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"Catch 22" is the title of a novel published in 1961, written by Joseph Heller and based on his experiences as a World War II bomber pilot in Europe. The central character in "Catch 22" is the pilot Yossarian, whose all-too-accurate perception of the futility and insanity of war leads him to seek a psychiatric exemption from flying further combat missions. But Yossarian runs smack into what Heller dubbed "Catch 22" ("catch" in this sense meaning "snag"). As Heller put it, "There was only one catch, and that was Catch-22.... If he flew them [more missions] he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to."\n\nIn inventing "Catch 22," Joseph Heller had really only given a name to a particularly modern sort of bureaucratic conundrum, defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "a set of circumstances in which one requirement, etc., is dependent upon another, which is in turn dependent upon the first." More mundane examples of "Catch 22" would be needing a driver's license to get to Motor Vehicles to take your driving test, or my personal favorite, needing to be rich to avoid paying income tax.
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The quote simply means to keep your eyes on the prize and to stay the course.  Societies with a long term vision will tolerate set backs if they stand united in a vision for the future.
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Maybe you mean codswallop?\n\nIt means utter nonsense "What a load of codswallop"
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Not sure what the Snickers reference is saying.  Maybe they use an image that gives a different meaning.\n\nUsually it means falsifying accounting records.  Hope that helps.   : )
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Catch-22 is an unresolvable situation.  It comes from the title of a book by Joseph Heller.  The 'catch' is that one could get out of the army if he proves he's  crazy.  But if a soldier claims to be crazy, he must be sane and if a soldier really is crazy, he won't tell anyone and continue to fight.
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Check this out:\n\nhttp://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/7/messages/381.html
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The phrase red herring has a number of metaphorical senses that share the general sense of something being a diversion from the original objective:\n\n    * a type of logical fallacy in which one purports to prove one's point by means of irrelevant arguments. See Ignoratio elenchi.\n    * in detective work, mystery fiction, and puzzle-solving, a false clue which leads investigators, readers, or solvers towards an incorrect solution.\n    * in politics, a minor or even phony issue trumped up as being of great importance, in order to influence voters to vote for one party or candidate and against the other, or distract from more important issues that might help the opposing party.\n    * in literature, a plot device intended to distract the reader from a more important event in the plot, usually a twist ending. See also MacGuffin.\n    * in adventure games, an item or object of no practical use; its purpose may be to frustrate the gamer who tries to find the intended use for it. Famous examples are the chainsaw of Maniac Mansion and the actual red herring (although this fish proved useful...) in the original Monkey Island game. Some red herrings exist because some secondary plots or puzzles that existed in drafts were removed from the latest version of the games, but some of the items relevant to those puzzles were forgotten and made their way into the game.\n\nThe phrase is believed to originate from the practice of saving a hunted fox by dragging a red herring across its trail to cause the pursuing hounds to lose the true scent and follow the false trail of herring odour instead.
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I would ask them what it's for, followed by what's the catch.
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what about 22 or 24? Is there something special about 23?
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"Catch 22 has become a term, inspired by Joseph Heller's novel Catch-22, describing a general situation in which an individual has to accomplish two actions, both of which require that the other one be done first. " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_22_%28logic%29\n\n[modified below with more details]\nI have both read the book (more than once) and seen the movie.  However, that may not have been a sufficient source for your answer.  If I were to simply say, "It comes from a book I read", then how would you know that I'm not making it up?\n\nSo, I'm happy to provide a valid reference for you to check to verify the answer I've provided.\n\nRegards,\nKevin
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not sure where it came from..meaning is simple..you always get caught
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It's been years, but I've heard a different variation.  The one I heard (from my mother) included, "Had plenty" vs "You caught twenty?"  and "Ate sufficient" instead of "Dined sufficient."  It seems like there was a third miscommunication in the poem, but I can't remember what it was.\n\nDo these alternative phrases give you anything new to search with?\n\nI did find the site below, but it is a long story (copyright 2005), not an old poem.
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Yeah, I think it's saying that something has no meaning or worth.\n\n"Oh no you di'n floccinaucinihilipilificate me!"
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It refers to the Jonestown mass murder/suicide in 1978, where hundreds of people were forced into a tent and made to drink poisoned Flavor Aid (though many people believe it was KoolAid).\n\nMany people use the expression to refer to those who blindly follow a leader into a dangerous or lethal situation.
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It is an old saying that means someone got what they needed, but not in time.  Or that someone needed something which they could not afford until they didn't need it anymore.\n\nMy dad is full of these kinds of old sayings.  Here is my favorite:  When someone asks him how he is, he replies, "Fine as frog hair!"  Now you have to admit, that is pretty fine!
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Based on context of where I'm seeing it, it seems to refer to something about postwar service records from the Virginia Archives... but it's really not clear because they just don't define it anywhere.
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Depends on the situation... above answers are correct.  It can also mean creating a future financial forecast, cash flow, budget, profit/loss statement, balance sheet, etc.  Basically it's taking the financial numbers you have (client has given you) and trying to see if you can work with them (example - if you are a banker and they want a loan -- you figure out if they qualify).