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Two parties each waiting for the other to move first, forever.
means A standstill where progress is impossible because every side is blocked by another that won't budge.
from From dead (utterly, as in dead stop) plus lock, surfacing in the 1770s for a jam that no amount of force can shift.
ComputingProcesses freeze, each clutching what another desperately needs.
Bram StokerCoined the deadlock, a key-less unpickable door bolt.
DiplomacyPolite word for nobody blinking until something breaks.