Ladder or Lemur

An idiom that describes how one gets through a situation: either by getting external assistance (ladder) or "climbing" out of it unassisted (lemur).

Sometimes, when life gets hard, you only have two choices: ladder or lemur.

by LadderOrLemur June 13, 2018

pleasure ladder

An imaginary ladder in which you rank the pleasures of life.

Ice cream ranks higher than sex on my pleasure ladder

by Drivel January 7, 2014

fag ladder

The type of haircut (chulos) and stoner white boys will have, the sides are shaved and the top has been conditioned into a fucked up wave thats way too tall. Then there are the stripes shaved on the sides. Damn, that aint goin away.

Manny came to school with a fag ladder style haircut, and then he got stoned.

by OG Hustle May 20, 2016

public ladder

A slut who lets anyone go down on her for money in schools, events, amusement parks, etc.

Guy 1: Yo let’s check out that public ladder near that bathroom over
Guy 2: No way that’s a huge ass line
Guy 1: Dang it lets go find another one

by Fireguy47 July 22, 2018

zipper ladder

When someone climbs the corporate ladder through sexual means.

"She is too dumb for that job, obviously she's climbing the zipper ladder."

by roxygirl541 September 30, 2008

hoe ladder

The ladder of hoes you must climb to become the hoe lantern or top hoe!

T worked really hard sleeping with lots of men to reach the top of the hoe ladder.

by Ladder. King September 12, 2017

horizontal ladder

Social climbing via sex.

"The teen who rejected James Franco had no concept of the importance of climbing the horizontal ladder."

by pasha sasa April 14, 2014