A poorly engineered thing; particularly one that is over-complicated, with excess and unnecessary parts. The term comes from a Heinlein quote/novel.
"If one is building an electric motor, one uses only the parts needed to do so. You would not, for instance, add a bathtub simply because one was available."
"If one is building an electric motor, one uses only the parts needed to do so. You would not, for instance, add a bathtub simply because one was available."
by TicklishHoneyBee June 2, 2023
Get the Bathtub Motormug. A notoriously-unreliable stern-mount prop-engine (think, da infamous Sears Rowback) dat anyone being given it to use on his skiff would lapse into a major sulk about it.
Summer camp teenager: I asked for a Honda Four-Stroke to go cruising on the lake, but all I got was this wimpy little 2-cycle poutboard motor dat looks like -t was built back in da stone-age!
by QuacksO August 7, 2019
Get the poutboard motormug. by Downwiththethickness January 17, 2022
Get the Motor Buttingmug. When your cat makes a low-pitched rumbling sound that is (mostly) quiet but you can feel the kitty’s body vibrating
This has several evolutionary advantages:
1) the frequency at which cats purr promotes healing
2) kittens use this to get their mom to settle down and nurse
3) a rather high pitched purr (this evolved with domestication) can coax an owner into giving the cat an extra snack, or hairball gel.
This has several evolutionary advantages:
1) the frequency at which cats purr promotes healing
2) kittens use this to get their mom to settle down and nurse
3) a rather high pitched purr (this evolved with domestication) can coax an owner into giving the cat an extra snack, or hairball gel.
Josh: Mittens has the loudest purr motor
Steve: I know. Bear’s purr motor got quiet as he grew up. Sometimes his purrs are really hard to ignore. But no matter how hard he purrs I still have to work.
Steve: I know. Bear’s purr motor got quiet as he grew up. Sometimes his purrs are really hard to ignore. But no matter how hard he purrs I still have to work.
by Malcontent lag December 30, 2023
Get the purr motormug. Putting a washcloth in betweens ones ass cheeks while in shower to deaden the sound and smell of an oncoming fart while your soon to be sexual partner is in close proximty or in same bathromm as s
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Jerry was in shower after a night of eating white castles aa he waa washing up getting ready for some hot sex he gave himself a motor city muffler so jessica couldnt hear or smell his horrible gas from those little tasty sliders.
by Detroit dikhead August 19, 2025
Get the Motor city mufflermug. by Tony Boy Labrusca August 21, 2019
Get the Motor jackmug. When you notice what appears as an empty space in a parking lot full of parked vehicles, only to momentarily find out a motorcycle or sometimes a much smaller vehicle is parked there as you drive your vehicle closer to the space when you try to take that spot.
A play on the word "motorcycle" and the phrase "Psyche!"
A play on the word "motorcycle" and the phrase "Psyche!"
I saw a free-looking spot to park. Then I got motor-psyched, so I had to keep looking for a different spot.
by Xaxamos May 13, 2022
Get the motor-psychedmug.