Rah-rah
adj, intj, noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Ellipsis of rah-rah skirt. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
- 1 To express noisy enthusiasm (about). ambitransitive
"[…] the official gen-art person was rah-rahing the organization how great and fabulous they are and i just wanted to roll my eyes. they were taking themselves quite seriously it reminded me of when we used to throw those charity fashion show parties in college […]"
- 1 Marked by noisy enthusiasm.
"“I turned on Fox News yesterday, and I’m sorry, but it was like watching Russian propaganda,” she said on her Monday show. “There was nothing skeptical. It was all rah-rah cheerleading, yes, let’s go. […] I believe in President Trump, but there are serious reasons to just exercise a note of caution before we just get on the rah-rah train.”"
- 1 An expression of enthusiasm, expressed by high school and college cheerleaders at sporting events.
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More examples"“I turned on Fox News yesterday, and I’m sorry, but it was like watching Russian propaganda,” she said on her Monday show. “There was nothing skeptical. It was all rah-rah cheerleading, yes, let’s go. […] I believe in President Trump, but there are serious reasons to just exercise a note of caution before we just get on the rah-rah train.”"
Etymology
Reduplication of (hur)rah, as used in cheering at sporting competitions.
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