escalator

a testimony to human laziness

escalators are fucking stupid

by zuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuena May 2, 2020

An Escalator Can Never Break

An underrated (and very true) joke by comedian Mitch Hedberg (1968-2005).

An escalator can never break - it can only become stairs.

by Ubeenbamboozledson May 23, 2022

De-escalator

An escalator that goes down

“I’m in london and I’m about to go down the de-escalator”

“Look there’s a funny advert on the side of the de-escalator

by I want this word to catch on August 27, 2023

Lateral escalation

Utilizing a coworker of similar rank to deceptively escalate customer service complaints for issues in which you have exhausted all legitimate excuses to satisfy a disgruntled customer.

Tom, this Buyer is furious and emailing me constantly, I need lateral escalation assistance to get him off my ass.

by The judge 1903 July 7, 2016

Escalation

The act of escaling in rapid succession

Hey Tod I heard you where escaling yesterday

Yeah man it really took me out I get super excited from escalation

by Thiccfeet22 November 1, 2025

Golden Escalator

Two women, one on top of the other, peeing on each other, at the same time.

If you need them to be Russians/Slavic, Hookers, and/or on a bed the Obamas slept in, that's on you.

The American Taxpayer paid $40 Million for a Pee Tape of Trump paying Russian Hookers to perform a Golden Escalator, and never got to see it because it never existed.

by Pi Ke October 1, 2022

escalability

Describes how easy something can be escalated. Often occurs in the business context, especially within big companies with complex matrix structures that require frequent escalations.

A: We need to escalate the pricing discussions.
B: Our escalability is good. I will escalate it.

by frshmn July 12, 2019