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- R.I.P.
- A careless abbreviation of requiescat in pace, attesting to indolent goodwill to the dead. According to the learned Dr. Drigge, however, the letters originally meant nothing more than reductus in pulvis.
- Rabble
- n. In a republic, those who exercise a supreme authority tempered by fraudulent elections. The rabble is like the sacred Simurgh, of Arabian fable — omnipotent on condition that it do nothing. (The word is Aristocratese, and has no exact equivalent in our tongue, but means, as nearly as may be, “soaring swine.”)
- race guilt
- 1. a race that never ends.
- 2. an assemblage of self-reproaches of various colors brought together to see which can complete a course in the speediest time and thereby be declared the winner.
- racist
- one who races.
- Rack
- n. An argumentative implement formerly much used in persuading devotees of a false faith to embrace the living truth. As a call to the unconverted the rack never had any particular efficacy, and is now held in light popular esteem.
- Radicalism
- n. The conservatism of to-morrow injected into the affairs of to-day.
- radio
- 1. the highly standardized Styrofoam packaging for music which has been bought into the ranks of popularity by the artists’ management.
- 2. a broadcast forum based upon the supremacy of good music, allowing it is exactly 3 minutes and 20 seconds long; format.
see also radio disc jockey. - radio disc jockey
- 1. a conservative freak; Republican politics dipped in nonsense and surrounded by hype; a walking gimmick.
- 2. a witless punk imitating David Letterman; an asshole.
- 3. traditionally, one with a strong voice who knows nothing about rock music.
- Radium
- n. A mineral that gives off heat and stimulates the organ that a scientist is a fool with.
