A public works project that is a huge waste of taxpayer money that turns out to be either a scam, a huge waste of money or both.
Comes from the Simpsons episode "Marge vs the Monorail" where Springfieldspent all their money on a monorail only to have it fall apart on its maiden voyage.
The sky liftsystem cleveland put in fell apart after a week. That thing was a real Springfield Monorail.
Origin: R. Crumb, 1960s-era underground comic artist. A bitch with an ass so big and bubbled that the top actually forms a shelf or seat, possibly large enough for an averaged-sized commuter to ride to work.
Steve: Yo, check out the booty!
Paul: She's the big assmonorail headin' downtown!
Monorail cat is a popular internet "lolcat" or image macro of a cat laying what is known as "monorail style". This is where the cat will lay with all four paws under his body and head laying on floor. It was so named for its resemblance to the mass transit system, the Monorail. The most comon and most popular monorail cat is a Domestic Longhaired cat laying "monorail style" atop a sliding shower door.
*Monorail cat is offline for maintainance
*a caption to a picture of a sleeping kitten laying "monorail style".
*Monorail cat has left the station
*a caption to a picture of a monorail cat driving away.
*Hurry please, monorail cat is coming!
*a caption to a picture of a cat tied up as if to be tied to train tracks.
*Monorail cat now carries more passengers.
*a caption to a picture of a fat cat laying "monorail style"