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Scotty Principle

(n.) The defacto gold star standard for delivering products and/or services within a projected timeframe. Derived from the original Star Trek series wherein Lt. Cmdr. Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott consistently made the seemingly impossible happen just in time to save the crew of the Enterprise from disaster.

The premise is simple:

1) Caluculate average required time for completion of given task.

2) Depending on importance of task, add 25-50% additional time to original estimate.

3) Report and commit to inflated time estimate with superiors, clients, etc.

4) Under optimal conditions the task is completed closer to the original time estimate vs. the inflated delivery time expected by those waiting.
The following situation is a simulation of the Scotty Principle in practice.

Kirk: "The ship seems sluggish today. When was the last time you did a tune-up on the warp drive?"

Scotty: "Aye, sir. She's due. Last maintenance was 56 days ago."

Kirk: (light chuckle) "Well, what are you waiting for? An ambush from cloaked Romulans?"

Scotty: "I'll need to check how much dilithium we have in supply, but she'll be better than new in no time."

Kirk: "And that will be...?"

Scotty: "Six hours."

--- four hours later ---

Scotty: "All done, sir. Care to test her out?"

--- Enterprise taken rapidly to warp 3, does a few doughnuts, comes to a smooth stop ---

Kirk: "Scotty, there's no finer engineer in this quadrant!"
Scotty Principle by fugitive247 September 6, 2005

Scotty Pimpin' 

Scotty Pimpin' -- an allusion to CDR Montgomery Scott of Star Trek meaning to exergerate needs so that when you come in underbudget and undertime, you look good for the effort; to bluff
James was just Scotty Pimpin' when he said the job would take two weeks and cost 10k, so when he was done in ten days, spending 6k, he looked good and got the promotion.
Scotty Pimpin' by TooSick4U October 1, 2009

scotty potty 

the cool kid, the master pimp, an of course......scotty too hotty
"Hey Scotty Potty, you lookin' fine today!"
scotty potty by scott s November 12, 2003

scotty pippen 

when a man (typically afro-american) places huge penis over a girls face. It gives the illusion of scotty pippen's nose.
hey man, check it out...scotty pippen.
scotty pippen by the wolf 1986 October 8, 2010

Scotty 2 Poddy 

Nickname of former Major League Baseball Outfielder Scott Podsesnik.
The White Sox would never have won the World Series in 2005 without Scotty 2 Poddy!
Scotty 2 Poddy by Sahh22 June 12, 2019

The Scotty's pride day 

9 december. When you forgot that the international pansexual day was yesterday.
Oh frick! I forgot pride's day! At least it's the scotty's pride day today :)
The Scotty's pride day by karadjov December 9, 2020