Definitions by Athene Airheart

I could buy you 

Basically, "I am much richer than you, I am also better than you." Used when someone wants to show how much more powerful they are. Another form is "I could buy you and sell you."

"What? You think you are all that? I could BUY you!"

I could buy you by Athene Airheart May 1, 2004

ramp rat 

Someone who hangs around the airport a lot. Generally, more ramp rats will be found in smaller, friendlier airports, where there are flight schools and such to mooch coffee off of.

The ramp is the large concrete area where planes are parked. Contrary to it's name, ramps are usually fairly flat.

See airport bum.

I made a good landing, even the ramp rats behind the fence thought so when they saw it.

ramp rat by Athene Airheart May 1, 2004

airport bum 

Someone who spends a lot of time at the airport. A good thing to be. Airport bums often hang around maintenance shops and flight schools, watching pilots take off and land. They often drink a lot of coffee and read the magazines in the lobby. They may or may not know how to fly. Many fine fliers started out as airport bums.

See airport, ramp rat.

The person sitting at this computer typing this is an airport bum to the first degree. I almost never leave, actually. I even sleep here. But I also fly. It is fun being an airport bum.

airport bum by Athene Airheart May 1, 2004

ramp 

At an airport, a ramp is a place where aircraft are parked. It is a large flat concrete or asphalt area, that usually has places to tie down planes.

See ramp rat.

I landed at Olympia Regional Airport in my cessna, taxied on to the ramp, tied my plane down, and winked at the cute fueller who brought the fuel truck.

ramp by Athene Airheart May 1, 2004

sock & a flip-flop

See "camel toe."

"Yowza! That girl is showing a sock & a flip-flop!"

sock & a flip-flop by Athene Airheart May 1, 2004

airport

Airports are places where various aircraft take off and land from. There are big, busy airports, like O'Hare International, and there are small, quiet airports like where I am writing from, Olympia Regional.

Many airports have flight schools where you can learn to fly an airplane or a helicopter. Smaller airports have plenty of airport bums and ramp rats, which is a good thing since flying is fun to watch.

Sometimes airports will have museums, restaurants, and other fun activities.

I am happy because I found a job at the airport, renting out planes and answering phones.

or

Let's go to the airport and get a plane ride!

airport by Athene Airheart May 1, 2004

scrub 

This is also 1930's slang for a poor college student.

Matthew is a real scrub. I don't think he ever leaves the campus, and he has a hard time getting a job- but he's a good guy.

scrub by Athene Airheart May 1, 2004