The kind of guy who expresses great interest, flirts, dishes out sexual innuendo, but never actually follows through in getting to know a girl. Maintains just enough contact that she doesn't forget who he is.
"Hey, I heard from that gym guy today."
"The one you had that one drink with six weeks ago??"
"Yeah, he texted me!"
"Did he ask you out?"
"No, but he asked me if I was watching the game tonight."
"Did he invite you to watch it with him?"
" . . . . No?"
"Girl, block his number. He's never gonna follow through. He's just a maintainer."
"The one you had that one drink with six weeks ago??"
"Yeah, he texted me!"
"Did he ask you out?"
"No, but he asked me if I was watching the game tonight."
"Did he invite you to watch it with him?"
" . . . . No?"
"Girl, block his number. He's never gonna follow through. He's just a maintainer."
by nikonjunkie August 31, 2013
 Get the maintainermug.
Get the maintainermug.  Get the maintainingmug.
Get the maintainingmug. by dannyfoskey February 7, 2003
 Get the maintainmug.
Get the maintainmug. A highly skilled Airman charged with the task of fixing what a pilot does to a perfectly good aircraft.
by J.Z. 1 June 3, 2009
 Get the Maintainermug.
Get the Maintainermug. by Tak October 8, 2001
 Get the maintainingmug.
Get the maintainingmug. v. to successfully keep up with the psychological and physical demands of a drug habit, but to do no more than that.
by porkupine April 4, 2010
 Get the maintainmug.
Get the maintainmug. Jane had a date with Timmy on Friday night; on Thursday, she took a long, hot shower and maintained what had become her forested guntal area.
by Ronald V. Mexico July 24, 2008
 Get the Maintainmug.
Get the Maintainmug.