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amberlamps

amberlamps noun: an ambulance.

Noun

amberlamps (plural amberlamps or amberlampses)

  1. (US, humorous, slang) An ambulance.
    • One of my colleagues has offered to shave his head and send me pictures of it if I contribute to his pet charidee. get him to shave his balls. with a butter knife. and get a photo of him being carted away to the hospital in the amberlamps.2011 December 1, Nikolai Kingsley, “Raising money for charidee”, in talk.bizarre (Usenet), retrieved 27 Aug 2022
    • NAw, yu gotta get am amberlamps!2013 November 5, Defiant, “Awww, shee-IT! Where ma Obamaphone?”, in alt.guitar.amps (Usenet), retrieved 27 Aug 2022

Examples of amberlamps in a sentence

  • A 72 year old silverback spook sexually assaults a female paramedic in a Chimpcago amberlamps.2017 January 18, Rick Mathers, “Silverback attempts Muh-Dikking in da amberlamps!!”, in alt.fan.rush-limbaugh (Usenet), retrieved 27 Aug...
  • the amberlamps are coming gg gg g gggg gg here is isi isi sis2019 February 20, “🚑Ambulance🚑”, in Reddit, archived from the original on 31 Jan 2026:
  • I'm fine with amberlamps, but low sniffing helicopters make me reach for my RPG-7.2021 June 29, u/Pixelmite, “The very existence of ambulances causes me pain :(”, in Reddit, archived from the original on 31 Jan 2026:

Forms of amberlamps

pluralamberlamps
pluralamberlampses

Origin of amberlamps

An eggcorn, from amber + lamps. Popularized by the video “3D is Awesome!” (2011) by Smosh.

Questions about amberlamps

What does amberlamps mean?
Amberlamps means an ambulance.
How do you use amberlamps in a sentence?
A 72 year old silverback spook sexually assaults a female paramedic in a Chimpcago amberlamps.
What part of speech is amberlamps?
Amberlamps is a noun.
What is the plural of amberlamps?
The plural of amberlamps is amberlamps.

Words near amberlamps in the dictionary

  1. amberized
  2. amberizes
  3. amberizing
  4. amberjack
  5. amberjacks
  6. amberlamps
  7. amberlampses
  8. Amberley
  9. amberlike
  10. Amberlite
  11. Amberlites

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