To relegate an extremely brilliant song to the status of a B-side or soundtrack contribution. The origin comes from Pearl Jam leaving the absolutely awesome track "Yellow Ledbetter" off of their 1991 debut album 'Ten', instead making it the B-side to "Jeremy", although "Yellow Ledbetter" has since become one of their most well-known songs.
Person A: Man, I just heard "Girl Afraid" by The Smiths for the first time! I can't believe it was a B-side!
Person B: Yeah, man, they totally ledbettered it.
Person B: Yeah, man, they totally ledbettered it.
by Severide February 27, 2010
Get the ledbetteredmug. an awesome pearl jam song that sounds like fellow bedwetter and kicks arse. its one of those songs you listen with your boyfriend and then cry on each other all day then eat sushi.
"out on the porch...."
by GANJAMAN December 2, 2004
Get the yellow ledbettermug. verb. To mumble incomprehensible, similar-sounding phonetics over song lyrics someone isn't sure about.
This is done as a lame attempt to cover up for the fact that someone really doesn't know the words, when the more appropriate action would have been to just shut the fuck up. It is your moral obligation to bust this person out, to preempt future singing fail.
This is done as a lame attempt to cover up for the fact that someone really doesn't know the words, when the more appropriate action would have been to just shut the fuck up. It is your moral obligation to bust this person out, to preempt future singing fail.
Bob (singing): When the light's out, it's less dangerous! Here we are now, In containers!
John: Dude, did you just Yellow Ledbetter all over Kurt Cobain?! Spare me your song-desecration, Lamesauce!
John: Dude, did you just Yellow Ledbetter all over Kurt Cobain?! Spare me your song-desecration, Lamesauce!
by JillyBeane January 1, 2012
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Get the Ledbettermug. n. A place, usually in suburbia, that's an over-populated dump. Most small-town apartment buildings can be refered to as such.
by TransMayernik May 10, 2005
Get the Ledbetter Heightsmug.