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High maintenance[Michiko Kakutani (18 November 1997). From \'Happy Camper\' to \'Out of Sight\'. The New York Times. Review of Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, Volume II: H-O. ISBN 0-67943-464-X. “In fact, many of the more recent words and phrases in Volume II come from television shows, movies and commercials. When Harry Met Sally (1989) is credited with popularizing the phrase "high maintenance," while Wayne\'s World (1992) gets cited for "hurl" (to vomit) and not. (That interjection, "used jocularly to contradict one\'s own ironic assertion or another person\'s statement," was originally used as early as 1893, and again in the 1920s by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Edmund Wilson.) A 1969 ad for Janitor in a Drum cleanser promoted the term "industrial strength," while Don Rickles turned the phrase "hockey puck" into an insult (as in "You hockey puck!") during a 1963 appearance on The Dick Van Dyke Show.â€] is a term which, according to the Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, was popularized by When Harry Met Sally..., an American film released in 1989.
As a slang term, it may refer to individuals who require an unusual amount of personal attention or who expend substantial amounts of money or time on their physical appearance. It is not always disparaging, and some may describe themselves as high maintenance. The antonym is low maintenance.
The term has been applied to
the personal grooming of many species,[Bruno A. Walther and Dale H. Clayton (21 July 2004). Elaborate ornaments are costly to maintain: evidence for high maintenance handicaps. Behavioral Ecology.]
homeostasis,[Carmelinda Ruggiero and Luigi Ferrucci (1 May 2006). The Endeavor of High Maintenance Homeostasis: Resting Metabolic Rate and the Legacy of Longevity. The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 61:466-473.]
racing bikes,[Matthew Woods (23 April 2006). 2006 Appalache Réal Review: The Evolution of the Balfa BB7... Survival of the Fittest. asilvertouch zine, an Ottawa-based mountain biking magazine.]
Border Collies,[Based on a Science report (11 June 2004). Dr. Doolittle in the Doghouse. Astrobiology Magazine (about).]
plants,[Mississippi State University Extension Service (26 October 2006). The Low Maintenance Landscape.]
relationships,[Les Parrott III, High-Maintenance Relationships: How to Handle Impossible People. Carol Stream, Illinois: Tyndale House, 1997. ASIN 0842314660. ISBN 0-84231-466-0, ISBN 978-0842314664.]
women,[Emily Battaglia (6 February 2007). Book Review. High Maintenance Women by Clinton Bland. Mustang: Tate Publishing, 2006. ISBN 1-59886-230-8.]
Volkswagen,[Shanghai\'d (27 August 2007). New skirts and rear valance for the Weekender. VWvortex Forum. “Volkswagen - It\'s not just a car, it prepares you for high maintenance relationships in other facets of life.â€]
and many other subjects.
High Maintenance is also the title of a robotics-themed,[Derek Horne. Phillip Van beats the odds with his High Maintenance project. Kodak.com.][Julie Mae Madsen. Interview with Phillip Van, Director of High Maintenance, a short film. Oregon Literary Review, ISSN 1556-0325. Vol. 2, No. 2, Summer/Fall 2007.] multiple-prize-winning,[High Maintenance (2006) at the Internet Movie Database. List of awards.] nine-minute short subject film produced in 2006.
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