Street
ramsay
What does ramsay mean?
A knife in UK drill slang, lifted from Gordon Ramsay — chef, chef knives, ergo blade. Classic London drill wordplay: take a household name and twist it into a weapon reference so coded that older listeners and moderators miss it.
"Bar went 'pulled out the ramsay, started slicing onions' — nobody was cooking dinner."
Origin
Named after celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay — chef knife, kitchen knife, blade. Part of a wider drill tradition of using everyday or celeb names as weapon code (e.g. spinner, bally, corn).
Frequently asked questions
What does ramsay mean in drill slang?
Ramsay is drill slang for a knife, named after celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay.
How do you use ramsay in a sentence?
"Word is he's carrying a ramsay again."
Where does the slang ramsay come from?
It's named after celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, playing on the association with kitchen knives.
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