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Ladder

You mudt have balls of steel, X-ray vision, a cape, and the ability to fly if you can see through rungs in a ladder or walls in a building, most people find that stuff opague enough.
by The Original Agahnim September 27, 2021
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DOMINANT DEFINITION LADDER

The most powerful definition lies either at the top or at the bottom.
If you are going to go to a DOMINANT DEFINITION LADDER you may want to SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST as the BOTTOM ONE is the TOP ONE to really FUCK WITH so to speak.
by INSERT CAREFULLY September 2, 2021
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Pulling Up the Ladder

A social phenomenon in which individuals or groups who have successfully advanced in status, wealth, or opportunity then act to block others from accessing the same path upward.

Key Features:

Motivated by fear of competition, scarcity mindset, or desire to protect hard-won status.

Can manifest in politics (e.g., immigrants opposing immigration), economics (e.g., professionals gatekeeping their fields), or class mobility (e.g., elites dismantling welfare or education programs they once benefited from).

Example (fictional): Raymond Leon in the movie "In Time" rises out of poverty to become a Timekeeper but enforces the very system that traps others where he once was.
Example (real): An immigrant who gained citizenship but campaigns to restrict immigration for others.
1. After becoming wealthy through public education, the politician now opposes funding for schools, effectively pulling up the ladder behind him.

2. Some immigrants, once they gain citizenship, support restrictive immigration policies — a classic case of pulling up the ladder.
by Social Climber September 16, 2025
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laddering

the act of writing messages phrase by phrase, often resulting in a lot of messages in a row
Exhibit A: Hi
Exhibit B: hi
Exhibit B: so like
Exhibit B: i found this cool website
Exhibit B: and it's awesome
Exhibit B: you can do a lot on it
Exhibit B: mind if i send you the link?
Exhibit A: HOLY SHIT SLOW DOWN, STOP LADDERING
by conkkerxd April 22, 2025
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Ladder slut

A person who works in the corporate world and moves up the corporate ladder by doing sexual favors for their superiors to move up the corporate ladder.
Ed:How did Susie move up the corporate ladder so fast?

Tom: She slept with her boss to move up the corporate ladder.

Ed: She is such a ladder slut.
by Cheyenne C October 4, 2013
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MINI LADDer

Can you grab me a mini ladder
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Ladder

An object made of metal or sometimes wood or another material.
You must have X-ray vision, balls of steel, a cape, and the ability to fly if it's true that you can see through the rungs of that ladder or the walls of that building where others can't. Most people find that that stuff opague enough.
by The Original Agahnim September 27, 2021
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