In contrast to "turtles all the way down", an expression of the problem of infinite regress, the "bottom turtle" is the foundation upon which everything else is built.
An example from computer security:
You have some software with a secret that you need to protect, so you encrypt it. Now you have a key, which is really another kind of secret that you need to protect, so you encrypt it, and so it becomes turtles all the way down. To break this loop, we need to establish a bottom turtle. There must be a secure root of trust either in hardware or a trusted external system upon which the security of the system is built.
An example from computer security:
You have some software with a secret that you need to protect, so you encrypt it. Now you have a key, which is really another kind of secret that you need to protect, so you encrypt it, and so it becomes turtles all the way down. To break this loop, we need to establish a bottom turtle. There must be a secure root of trust either in hardware or a trusted external system upon which the security of the system is built.
by turtle_zero September 25, 2020
Get the bottom turtlemug. When you are buried in the sand on the beach with your ass only out; getting fucked while sounding like a sea turtle.
by Bomb2dashell August 1, 2020
Get the Turtle nestingmug. “Hey Veronica, I just wanted to tell you that I think I love you. You’re the smartest, kindest, most beautiful person I’ve ever met, and I know we’ve only been on a few dates, but I want to spend the rest of my life with you.”
“Yo that’s total Turtle Shit bro! I fucking love you.”
“Yo that’s total Turtle Shit bro! I fucking love you.”
by finnsatch February 16, 2023
Get the Turtle Shitmug. 1 A chocolate treat made with pecan and caramel, shaped to resemble a turtle.
2 When someone who has eaten lots of nuts lays a log, which has lots of half-digested nuts in it. Can include peanuts, pecans, almonds and more. Then the nuts are picked out of the turd and eaten.
2 When someone who has eaten lots of nuts lays a log, which has lots of half-digested nuts in it. Can include peanuts, pecans, almonds and more. Then the nuts are picked out of the turd and eaten.
1 Where are the chocolate turtles, where are they (from office)
2 Yesterday I ate lots of peanuts so when I went number-2 I picked out all the peanuts. Chocolate turtle. Delicious!
2 Yesterday I ate lots of peanuts so when I went number-2 I picked out all the peanuts. Chocolate turtle. Delicious!
by DietCokeCondom6969696 April 30, 2021
Get the chocolate turtlemug. When there's no excitement in the news and retail investors aren't buying the dips or crypto is in a slow moving trend in a bull market.
by DJ Jazzy Jim September 21, 2021
Get the turtle marketmug. "I had bad fish for lunch" -- Guy 1
"Got the shits eh?" -- Guy 2
"Yeah. There was someone in the stall so I had to wait. I ended up fighting a liquid turtle." --Guy 2
"Got the shits eh?" -- Guy 2
"Yeah. There was someone in the stall so I had to wait. I ended up fighting a liquid turtle." --Guy 2
by Amaram September 6, 2016
Get the Liquid Turtlemug. When during a rim job, the rimee squeezes some amount of turd out, either voluntarily or involuntarily, and poop ends up on or in the rimmer's mouth.
by grubblerfubbler February 5, 2014
Get the turtle surprisemug.