poutboard motor 

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!

poutboard motor by QuacksO August 7, 2019

outboard motor 

A person who has been turned into a machine through repetition of a monotonous activity.

Her father had made her swim for 4 hours a day, every day, since she was 3 months old – effectively turning her into an outboard motor.

outboard motor by Patty Keene September 11, 2022

outboard motor 

A person who has been turned into a machine through repetition of a monotonous activity.

1.) Her father had made her swim for 4 hours a day, every day, since she was 3 months old – effectively turning her into an outboard motor.

2.) "What kind of man would turn his daughter into an outboard motor" - Kurt Vonnegut, Breakfast of Champions

outboard motor by Patty Keene September 11, 2022

outboard motor 

A person who has been turned into a machine through repetition of a monotonous activity.

Her father. had made her swim for 4 hours a day, every day, since she was 3 months old – effectively turning her into an outboard motor.

outboard motor by Patty Keene September 11, 2022