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rah

interjectionnounadjectiveinterjectionattested in dialogue

  • //ɹɑː//

An exclamation of support or encouragement.

interjection

  1. 1

    An exclamation of support or encouragement.

    Not so very long ago, a row of docile cheerleaders would say, “rah, rah, rah, sis-boombah”—maybe a leg would kick up into the air, perhaps a jump under the cheerleader's own power.

  2. 2

    An exclamation of patriotic or passionate excitement.

    I FUCKING LOVE PEOPLE!!!! I FUCKING WANT TO USE THE LIMITED TIME I HAVE TO RESPECT OTHERS AND WHAT THEY ENJOY RAHHHHH

    RAHHHH IRELAND MENTIONED 🗣🗣🗣🇮🇪🗣🗣🗣🇮🇪🗣🗣🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🔥🟢⚪️🟢⚪️🟢⚪️🟢⚪️💪💪

    MORDEKAISER MENTIONED RAAHHHH ❗❗❗❗❗❗🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷 WTF IS MOBILITY

    PHILIPPINES MENTIONED RAHHHH 🇵🇭 🦅

Etymology

Clipping of hurrah.

noun

  1. 1

    informalA 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.

adjective

  1. 1

    informalPosh.

    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.

interjection

  1. 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. 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. 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

Etymology

Clipping of rhatid.

Forms

plural
rahs
comparative
more rah
superlative
most rah
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).