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Vinony

rah

interjection

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɹɑː/

adj

Etymology: Clipping of hurrah.

  1. Posh.

    “The June 2020 protest at which the Bristol slave-trader and philanthropist's statue was brought down was a BLM protest. But none of the defendants were black. Rather, as you can tell from their names (including Milo Ponsford and Sage Willoughby) they were almost comically typical of a certain rah, right-on Bristol type.”

intj

Etymology: Clipping of rhatid.

  1. An expression of surprise.

    “He’s like, “Shut up, man. Whatever man. Skip, man, was a shot.” And I’m like, “Rah, this is a bit of a weird reaction?””

  2. An expression of admiration.

    “Target bought the tape round, I listened to it and I was like, ‘Rah, this is sick, this kid is so sick’.”

  3. An expression of frustration or anger.

    “I was daydreaming, smoking weed out the curtain / Looking at my baby like rah, I'm just a burden”

noun

Etymology: Clipping of hurrah.

  1. A young adult (often a student) who behaves in a stereotypically upper class manner; especially when associated with undeserved privilege or a lack of self-awareness.

    “I didn't need to make a mental note not to follow their advice: like every other pretentious foreigner from the gap year rahs to the retired yoga addicts, I had no intention of stepping into a shopping centre. I was going to discover the real India.”