In contrast to "turtles all the way down", an expression of the problem of infinite regress, the "bottom turtle" is the foundation upon which everything else is built.
An example from computer security:
You have some software with a secret that you need to protect, so you encrypt it. Now you have a key, which is really another kind of secret that you need to protect, so you encrypt it, and so it becomes turtles all the way down. To break this loop, we need to establish a bottom turtle. There must be a secure root of trust either in hardware or a trusted external system upon which the security of the system is built.
To break the loop of infinite regress we need to establish the bottom turtle.
One of Gerard Way 's most popular nicknames.
Example1
PersonA: Can you believe Mikey Way is getting hotter and hotter while his brother is slightly turning into an elderly gay turtle?
Example2
Frank Iero : "I bought a new pillow for my bunk today. Just got into bed and found out it smells like it was previously used owned by an elderly turtle. Uncool" (source Twitter)
Everyone: "Same Frank we miss him too"
Phrase used in the place of saying “Shat My Pants”, “Shit My Pants”, “Sharted”, and “Pinched A Nugget”.
“Hold up, I Just Caught The Turtle.”
“Benny Caught The Turtle on the tower of terror the other day.”
“If I hear that you Caught The Turtle at scream fest I’m going to fucking break up with you so fucking fast you won’t know what fucking hit you!!!”
They guy you get your turtle from.. If you dont know what turtle is look it up!!
Friend: hey can u get any turtle?
Me: Yah i just gotta stop and see the turtle fairy.
When something is to hawt to handle and u boutta busy just from the greatness
This song is hawt as frog turtles ol son
When your fucking a girl and you stick your elbow in another girls vagina.
I went to my girls house and we started to fuck and she said let me call me friend so we started fucking again and I put my elbow in her vagina and my girl said I didn't know you knew the Virginia Turtle
when you do your DT homework but youre too slow to do it
I almost finished my DT homework, but I turtle gloved it