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Bumping the lamp

To go above and beyond expectations when completing a given task/project.
A genericized phrase originally used within the animation industry and the film industry as a whole. Based on a scene from the 1988 mixed live-action/animated film 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' in which the main live-action character, Eddie Valiant, bumps into a ceiling lamp whilst handcuffed to the main animated character, Roger Rabbit, causing the lamp to continually swing back and forth throughout the remainder of the scene.
The term refers to how the animators went on to meticulously hand-draw unique shadows for the animated character for every frame of the scene.
The phrase went on to become a company mythos for the Walt Disney Company, then as a guiding principle within the greater film industry, and now sees use generally.
We follow the mythos of 'bumping the lamp' with the service at our veterinary practice.
by BronzeManul June 11, 2019
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Lampeter

1. A rainy place.
2. A place full of Welsh people.
3. Something boring.
4. Where the original, live-action Meg Griffin lives.
5. MedSoc... yeah.
6. A Soviet place where the pipe walk YOU.
7. The birthplace of the "Language of Heaven" (Welsh).
8. A good place to study Classics at.
9. Home of the butterfaces.
"Oh, it's raining!"
"And that's Lampeter for you..."

"So, plans for the night?"
"..."

"So, how was MedSoc today?"
"We had to quit mid-session, because of the rain."

"OMG the sun's out. The gods are angry!!!"
by trust-no-1 November 14, 2009
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Lampard

Moaning at the slightest issue or injustice due to over-sensitivity or to deflect attention away from one's own shortcomings.
"It was never a yellow card, but there was no need to have such a Lampard over it"
by football365247 July 29, 2020
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Nigga lamp

Proper noun;

A porno where a black man dressed up as a lamp in a corner where a pornstar didn't see his entire body. The mother would then look at the lamp and not say anything before she would walk away. The pornstar is then plowed.
Example one:
Mom: "That's a weird lamp"
Daughter: "Um.... It's a new lamp"

Example 2:
Boy one: "have you seen nigga lamp?"
Boy two: "Yeah that shit is whack."
by Poop 1218 May 19, 2020
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lamped up

by mynameisnotcraig May 2, 2012
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lamping

When you relax at home, generally by yourself and normally in your underwear.
I was lamping at home this morning.
by Plata O_Plomo December 8, 2017
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