by Menthol Dan April 27, 2024
by PunkShineUnlimited January 12, 2025
Refers to a non-startling strategy employed whenever you are unable to unobtrusively get someone's attention or make eye-contact with him for whatever reason (maybe he's deep in a book, concentrating hard on a household/carpentry task, or using noisy equipment, and thus he does not look up/around occasionally or hear/observe your presence) and so you start out to say hello by speaking very quietly, and then cautiously raising your voice little-by-little (like some modern-day alarm-clocks do so as to wake you "gently" instead of startling you out of a sound slumber with a full-blast ringer right away) till the previously-oblivious person eventually becomes aware of your proximity and glances up.
I'd wanted to ask my elderly neighbor about my possibly carpooling with him on his grocery-shopping trip the next day, but he was so busy using his riding lawnmower that he never noticed me despite my circling around in front of him several times, so I eventually used the gradual-ramp-up-volume greeting to finally get his attention.
by QuacksO August 23, 2018
A tramp stamp that might be found in the aviation environment. It typically means that one works strange hours in order to meet the demands of an airline.
Molly: "Some idiot wrote 'Ramp Vamp' on my way tug!"
Dimitrius: "Isn't it true though?!"
Molly: "Well....ahhhh..."
Bethany: "Go home and get some sleep, Ramp Vamp!"
Molly: "Ok, I will, after this next flight!"
Dimitrius: "Isn't it true though?!"
Molly: "Well....ahhhh..."
Bethany: "Go home and get some sleep, Ramp Vamp!"
Molly: "Ok, I will, after this next flight!"
by FlAgFOOTBALLfTwD456969 October 28, 2022
A gradual man made slope or gradient for the use of mobility impared people to gain access to job centres etc
"Work shy , benefit grabbing Greg was pushed up the spack ramp on his ebay wheelchair into job centre to sign for his free handouts"
by Nutster August 22, 2017