When you lava lamp won't work.
Oh no, our lava lamp, its not lava lamping.
by EEEEEEEE yes February 12, 2022
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An old American Indian trick whereby two seemingly similar objects are swapped for nefarious purposes. Originally, tribesman would switch wigwams with another tribesman if they found their wigwam to be leaky.

The recipient of the new wigwam then bears the cost of fixing the leaky cover. The term was modernised in 2006, after it was noted that broken lava lamps resembled leaky wigwams.

This behaviour has also been observed in ant society, in particular with reference to the species "Sless".
That clown has pulled a lava-lamp-switch!

Surely my friend hasn't betrayed me with a lava-lamp-switch?
by Another August 23, 2006
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A nicer way to say you're a fucking hot mess
Person 1: Damn her makeup is running
Person: And she just got dumped
Person 3: Yeah, she's a broken lava lamp
by loopydroop October 3, 2019
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