high-maintenance

1. Require (ing) a lot of work/attention to maintain.

2. Require (ing) a lot of money or attention to appearance.

3. Require (ing) a high emotional investment or en excessive amount of money.

EXAMPLES OF HIGH-MAINTENANCE BEHAVIOR:
-Having frequent professional cosmetic consultations, such as hair-dressing, manicures and pedicures
-Excessive worthless spending (tricking)
-Attention craving
-Being too delicate or suavé

NOTE: high-maintenance is primarily used to refer to attractive straight women or a person/people that's stuck on self.

by Mr. Terrence L. Trezvant May 21, 2006

high maintenance friend

A friend who requires more maintenance than their contribution to your life is worth.

Matt was always expecting Christina to make him new clothes, remind him of important dates, and schedule her life around his. He very rarely kept appointments they had to get together, and never accepted invitations that she initiated to get together. Things were always on his terms, and in his way, and eventually Christina stopped trying to maintain the friendship, because Matt was way too much of a high maintenance friend.

by chrismeena2 January 18, 2006

High maintenance woman

Has higher than normal expectations; has a greater requirement for affection or attention; has more needs and/or demands and therefore more difficult or challenging.
Doesn't equate to money or material possessions alone but may be needy in emotional attention and affection;picky, bratty, likes things her way, takes pride in her appearance, finicky. Usually very well put together and usually independent therefore requiring a lot out of aman to keep up with her.

"If you have to reassure her through texts email or calls that you're lucky to have her, sheks so pretty, etc...- she's a high maintenance woman"

"If you have to put effort into wooing her as a true gentleman should, be lucky that you've snagged yourself a hot attractive high maintenance woman"

by B0ssladie December 17, 2011

Percussive Maintenance

The fine art of whacking the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again.

The server's down...nothing a little percussive maintenance can't fix...

by Zak May 29, 2003

Percussive Maintenance

This is the fine art of whacking, throwing, smashing or banging the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again.

The dvd player kept skipping so I fixed it with some percussive maintenance.

by richkjak December 28, 2009

Cougar Maintenance

The mani/pedis, the highlights, workouts, facials, waxing, botox, etc. that keep Cougars 'in the hunt.' Otherwise, without said Cougar Maintenance, the Cougar risks looking like an Old Whore.

"Where's Tina today? Oh, she had to go for some Cougar Maintenance at the spa."

"Did you see Rachel? Girlfriend better go do some Cougar Maintenance."

by kellybex November 19, 2009

ho-maintenance

To initiate contact with past lovers, hook-up buddies, and one night stands after long intervals of time with no communication for the purposes of:
1) ensuring that he/she will indulge in the thought of you
2) that he/she will reminiscence about past passion,

3) he/she will try to pick up where you last dropped off, and/or
4) seeing if he/she can still be considered your ho

1) I just engaged in "ho-maintenance" by sending mass text messages to past hook-ups only during the holidays
2) I engage in ho-maintenance by calling ho's while drunk just to see what they are doing after not talking to them after a long time
3) I did ho-maintenance by sending text messages like "I was just thinking about you" after months of not contacting them

by Cmakow1986 January 13, 2011