RIP
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑː(ɹ)aɪ ˈpiː/
rhymes: -iː
ipa: /ɹɪp/
homophone: rip
Forms: form: R.I.P.
form: rip
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin RIP (requiescat in pace) and an initialism of rest in peace.
Senses: examples: text: RIP, Pope Francis.
text: But Sandor shoves his knife through his brother’s head, and when that doesn’t stop him, he sacrifices himself to kill his sibling, knocking them from the tower and plunging into the blazing fire below. R.I.P., Sandor Clegane and your malevolent brother.
ref: 2019 May 12, Alex McLevy, “Westeros faces a disastrous final battle on the penultimate Game of Thrones (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 15 May 2019:
text: To be clear, there’s no reason to hate the actual Harambe. After the silverback gorilla was shot and killed at the Cincinnati Zoo in 2016, people used “RIP Harambe” to… comment on the irony of why we mourn animals but are quick to blame humans?
ref: 2019 December 31, AJ Willingham, “All the trends we loved and hated in the 2010s”, in CNN:
glosses: Initialism of requiescat in pace, requiescant in pace, or rest in peace (a blessing or expression of hope that a deceased person is at peace).
examples: text: RIP Vine. Only real ones remember.
text: A couple of locally owned restaurants I enjoyed in my town didn't survive covid. RIP the one Indian food place within 100 miles.
ref: 2022 October 24, u/5hrs4hrs3hrs2hrs1mor, “What is something that disappeared after the pandemic?”, in Reddit, r/AskReddit, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2024:
text: Damn my stream was lit lol rip to my twitch days YouTube here I come
ref: 2022 October 27, @cblu80, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2024:
text: rip lol [in response to a Twitch streamer getting banned]
ref: 2024 May 6, @TweetFrmPkmn, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2024:
text: Damn, RIP my original Ipad, the one that this journey started on. You will be missed 😔
ref: 2024 May 26, @ArkNemesis5, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2024:
glosses: Initialism of requiescat in pace, requiescant in pace, or rest in peace (a blessing or expression of hope that a deceased person is at peace).
Expressing disappointment at the fact that someone or something has come to an end or gone away.
examples: text: That jumpscare is so loud! RIP headphone users.
text: RIP your DMs.
text: RIP your wood floors if he drops that like my dog drops bones.
ref: 2020 August 10, u/WhyYouLikeCats, “This good boy carries a 30-pound weight everywhere he goes as his toy”, in Reddit, r/interestingasfuck, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2024:
text: Damn just realized I ratio'd Pete pretty hard lol rip bozo
ref: 2021 November 25, @Ollie_XVX, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2024:
text: (I'm not sure what this person was going on about, but rip whoever you mistook me for lol)
ref: 2023 December 4, @OddOblivion, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2024:
text: RIP my notifications. 😑
ref: 2024 April 30, @TheBattlecock, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2024:
text: RIP my mentions
ref: 2024 May 31, @aziz0nomics, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2024:
text: RIP to the clothing company that had to change its name a few years back specifically because of this joke lmao
ref: 2024 June 6, u/AccountForDoingWORK, “Idiot decided to start yelling every night at 2 am”, in Reddit, r/mildlyinfuriating, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2024:
glosses: Initialism of requiescat in pace, requiescant in pace, or rest in peace (a blessing or expression of hope that a deceased person is at peace).
Expressing concern about something bad happening to someone or something.
examples: text: I applied to dozens of companies and didn't get a single job offer, RIP.
text: Oops I slipped and posted some of my art rip
ref: 2022 February 7, @Bakunawaart, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2024:
text: rip I forgot it was orktober (it is always orktober to me) but here's a bear gorkanaut from my bear/duck themed bad moonz army. Happy orktober 2nd
ref: 2022 October 2, @BDClownFarm, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2024:
text: I said I was loving Unicorn Overlord and that it reminded me of Ogre Battle and Matsuno told me this lol rip
ref: 2024 March 13, @statesminds, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2024:
glosses: Initialism of requiescat in pace, requiescant in pace, or rest in peace (a blessing or expression of hope that a deceased person is at peace).
Expressing mild disappointment or embarrassment.
glosses: Initialism of rest in piss.
glosses: Initialism of rest in power.
Derived terms: RIP in peace
ripperoni
RIP troll
Related terms: PBUH
RHIP