Similar to love handles. It's when one has so many love handles that it resembles more of a ladder going up their side.
Damn, Brian got so big it looks like he's got a ladder of love handles going up his side, looks more like a love ladder.
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Get the Uncle jimmy ladder mug.- another term for “leaderboard” in gaming, particularly in Diablo 2.
• The ladder in Diablo 2 is like how you’d usually play the game but everything is on reset. You can watch videos in-depth on streaming sites (Youtube, etc.)
- another definition would be an object thin-looking portable stair.
• The ladder in Diablo 2 is like how you’d usually play the game but everything is on reset. You can watch videos in-depth on streaming sites (Youtube, etc.)
- another definition would be an object thin-looking portable stair.
example 1:
Person 1: Is the ladder in Diablo available yet?
Person 2: What does that mean anyway?
example 2:
Person 1: They say walking pass a stair is a sign of bad luck
Person 2: And you believe in superstitions?
Person 1: Is the ladder in Diablo available yet?
Person 2: What does that mean anyway?
example 2:
Person 1: They say walking pass a stair is a sign of bad luck
Person 2: And you believe in superstitions?
by ayeongz June 27, 2022
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by The Original Agahnim September 27, 2021
Get the Ladder mug.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.
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.
2. Some immigrants, once they gain citizenship, support restrictive immigration policies — a classic case of pulling up the ladder.
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