Slang words: R
595 slang and Internet words starting with R, each with its slang meaning. Trending slang
- ride highTo perform the coital alignment technique.
- ride onTo target (somebody) in a drive-by shooting.
- ride or dieSomeone who is wholeheartedly committed and supportive.
- ride outTo go out in a vehicle with one's friends or crew.
- ride shotgunTo ride in the front passenger seat of a vehicle, next to the driver.
- ride the circuitTo move someone who has been arrested from police station to police station, thereby hindering release.
- ride the cotton bicycleSynonym of ride the cotton pony.
- ride the cotton horseSynonym of ride the cotton pony.
- ride the cotton ponyTo menstruate.
- ride the lightningTo be executed by electric chair; to go to the chair.
- ride the rodsTo travel illicitly by clinging to the supporting rods under a freight train.
- ride withTo act as a loyal member of a gang or crew.
- riding academyBrothel.
- rifferamaMusic with heavy use of guitar riffs.
- rifle is fineExpresses the belief that something is sufficient for its given purpose and does not need improvement.
- rigEquipment used for taking recreational drugs.
- rig doctorOne who fixes CB radio systems.
- rig pigA worker on an oil rig; a roughneck.
- right backSynonym of back at you.
- right out straightVery busy.
- right smartA large amount, a great deal.
- righteousMajor; large; significant.
- RightpondiaThe British Isles.
- RightpondianFrom or of Rightpondia.
- rillReal.
- rillestRealest.
- rimmerA bowl (part of a pipe or bong) which is completely filled with marijuana.
- ring in one's noseA compulsion to gamble regardless of one's losses.
- ring knockerAn officer who graduated from a military academy.
- ring offBuzz off; go away; shut up.
- ring ratA promiscuous person, often a young female, who attends professional wrestling events primarily to seek...
- ring the changesTo pass counterfeit money.
- ringbarkedCircumcised.
- ringerA fraudulently cloned (or cut-and-shut) motor vehicle.
- ringmasterThe person who maintains a webring.
- ringtailA ring-in.
- ringxietyThe anxiety resulting from the mistaken belief that one's cell phone or mobile is ringing or vibrating.
- rink rashSkin injury caused by abrasion against the floor of the rink.
- rinseTo thoroughly defeat in an argument, fight or other competition.
- riot boostingProtest activities that encourage rioting.
- ripTo fart audibly.
- rip offTo cheat or swindle, especially by charging an excessively high or unfair price.
- rip onTo mock; to ridicule.
- rip oneTo fart audibly.
- RIP trollAn Internet troll who leaves deliberately offensive messages on online memorials to the deceased.
- RIP trollingThe actions of an RIP troll, leaving deliberately offensive messages on online memorials to the deceased.
- rip upTo move quickly or violently upon.
- rip-off merchantOne who charges excessively high prices.
- rippedDrunk, inebriated.
- ripperSomething that is an excellent example of its kind.
- ripperoniUsed to express sympathy over a loss, setback, or difficulty.
- rippingExcellent.
- rippinglySplendidly; very well.
- rippingnessQuality of being ripping.
- ripsnorterA violently energetic or noisily outspoken person; someone using slambang methods.
- ripsnortingStrong; intense.
- ripsnortinglyIn a ripsnorting manner; excellently or intensely.
- risingMore than; exceeding; upwards of.
- rissoleAn RSL club.
- rivalshipA ship involving characters with an adversarial relationship.
- river crabGovernment censorship.
- rivetheadAn aficionado of industrial music.
- rizzOf a person, the ability to attract a love interest, usually female; charm or attractiveness.
- rizz upTo seduce a love interest; to attract someone using rizz.
- rizzed upPossessing a significant amount of rizz; attractive, seductive.
- rizzerOne who rizzes.
- rizzfulFull of rizz (charm, game).
- rizzlerSomeone exceptionally skilled at applying rizz; an expert seducer.
- rizzlessWithout rizz.
- rizzologyThe study or discipline of rizz.
- rizzonomicsThe study of rizz.
- rizzyHaving or relating to rizz; charming, affectionate, seductive.
- rmbPseudo-acronym of remember.
- RNG godsA figurative group of gods that governs RNG (“randomness; chance, luck”) in games.
- RNGesusA notional deity who controls RNG (“randomness; chance, luck”) in a video game or tabletop game.
- roachThe filter of a rolled cigarette or joint, made from card or paper (often of the cigarette paper packet...
- road appleHorse manure, especially when deposited on a road.
- road dogA trusted friend.
- road headFellatio performed on somebody driving a motor vehicle.
- road ironA motor vehicle, such as a car or a motorbike.
- road pizzaRoadkill.
- road warriorA salesperson who spends a lot of time traveling and outside the office.
- roadeoA driving competition for the drivers of road vehicles, such as buses.
- roadmanA member of a subculture characterised by their clothing (notably puffer jackets and sportswear) as street...
- roadsterA hunter who keeps to the roads instead of following the hounds across country.
- roastA creative insult as a response to something someone said.
- roast upTo make fun of; ridicule severely or insultingly.
- roast-meat clothesSunday best.
- roastieA roast potato.
- roastnearAn ear of corn or corn on the cob.
- robTo burgle.
- rob outTo rob (someone) of (something).
- Robert BordenA Canadian hundred-dollar note.
- robo-advisorAn automated investment manager.
- roboheadA recreational user of the antitussive drug dextromethorphan.
- robophobeA person having a fear or hatred for robots.
- robophobiaFear and/or hatred of robots and/or of artificial intelligence.
- robophobicHaving a fear or hatred of robots or of artificial intelligence.
- robotA habitual poster on the /r9k/ board on 4chan; a member of the /r9k/ community.
- robotripTo take the antitussive drug dextromethorphan recreationally.
- RobstenThe couple consisting of celebrities Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, together from 2009 to 2013.
- rockA basketball.
- rock and rollDole, payment by the state to the unemployed.
- rock happyEccentric or crazy as a result of spending a long time on a remote island.
- rock houseA residential building where crack cocaine is manufactured, sold, or consumed.
- rock jockA disc jockey who plays rock music.
- rock lickerA geologist.
- rock outTo party to or play rock music, punk rock, grunge or heavy metal.
- rock scorpionA resident of Gibraltar.
- rock someone's socksTo appeal to somebody very much.
- rock someone's worldTo have a powerful positive influence on someone, being greatly loved or admired.
- rock spiderA pedophile or child molester.
- rock the houseTo jam at a concert, get down.
- rock upTo turn powder cocaine into crack cocaine by cooking.
- rock-paper-scissors-lizard-SpockAn extension of the children's game of rock paper scissors, with two additional handshapes: lizard and Spock.
- rockadelicHaving the coolness or style of rock music or rock stars.
- rockathonA prolonged session of playing or listening to rock music.
- rocketA severe reprimand; a telling-off.
- rocketamineRocuronium followed by ketamine, as used in rapid sequence intubation (RSI).
- RocketshipperA shipper of Jessie and James, characters in the animated version of Pokémon.
- rockheadA fan of rock music.
- rocknessThe quality of music being rock music, or generally "rocking" (being excitingly good).
- rocksMoney.
- rocks in one's headAn inability to think clearly and rationally.
- rockyHaving little or no money; stony broke.
- Rocky Mountain Kool-AidCoors beer.
- rodTo hot rod.
- rodbusterA concrete-reinforcing ironworker.
- rodentsonaA fursona that is a rodent.
- RodinaThe Soviet Union.
- RodrinaThe crackship of characters Rodrick Heffley from Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Regina George from Mean Girls.
- roffleTo laugh uproariously; to be greatly amused.
- roflcopterThat made me laugh.
- roflstompTo defeat (an opponent) easily and decisively; to trounce.
- rogIntoxication through freebasing.
- RogansphereA loose network of YouTubers, podcasters, and other content creators associated with Joe Rogan, bro culture...
- RogetismSynonym of tortured phrase.
- RoguenetoThe ship (romantic pairing) between Rogue and Magneto from Marvel.
- roid-headA person who takes steroids recreationally.
- roided outHaving a very muscular physique, especially one obtained from the actual or apparent use of anabolic steroids...
- roided upOn steroids.
- rojakA person of mixed ethnic heritage.
- rolfTo vomit.
- rollTo behave in a certain way; to adopt a general disposition toward a situation.
- roll aroundTo indulge in sexual intercourse (with).
- roll coalTo emit sooty exhaust fumes from a modified (diesel) engine (fad among anti-environmentalist American truck...
- roll deepTo travel in a group.
- roll onTo snitch or tattle (on a person or group), to reveal a secret under pressure, usually regarding criminal...
- roll one's wheelsTo get going; to go away.
- roll the trucksTo alert and deploy ARFF emergency vehicles to the scene of an aircraft accident, incident, or emergency...
- roll up onTo sneak up to (someone or something) with the intention of causing harm.
- roll with itTo deal with or accept unexpected changes or setbacks and cope with them.
- rollerA wheelchair user.
- rollingUnder the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy and molly).
- rolling stoneA womanizer.
- rom-zom-comA romantic comedy movie featuring zombies.
- RomabooA fan of Ancient Rome and its culture and lore.
- Roman EmpireAn unexpected or apparently random topic that one frequently thinks about.
- Roman showerThe act of vomiting or regurgitating on someone for sexual gratification.
- RomanogersThe ship (romantic pairing) between Natasha Romanoff (Black Widow) and Steve Rogers (Captain America) from...
- RomioneThe ship of characters Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger of the Harry Potter series.
- rompTo engage in playful or illicit sex.
- ronHeroin.
- ronkTo stink; to smell very bad.
- RonniecolnThe ship of characters Ronnie Anne Santiago and Lincoln Loud from the animated television series The Loud...
- roofTo put into prison, to bird.
- roofiedAffected by or under the influence of roofies.
- rooftopperA person who takes selfies or videos with expansive and vertiginous urban views and cityscapes, usually, but...
- rookA rookie.
- rookie numbersLow numbers or a small amount of something, especially seen as signaling one's inexperience or naïveté.
- roomAn IRC or chat room.
- roomfA roommate who is also one’s OOMF (a social media follower, most notably on Twitter).
- rootTo get root or privileged access on (a computer system or mobile phone), often through bypassing some...
- rootableSexually attractive.
- rootedIn trouble or in strife, screwed.
- rooterOne who roots for, or applauds, something.
- ropeTo commit suicide, particularly by hanging.
- rope and chokeThe measurement of a person's body fat, by means of a measuring tape around parts of the body, to determine...
- rope bunnyA person who enjoys being tied up with rope.
- ropeableAngry to the point of needing to be restrained from violent action.
- ropemaxxingSuicide.
- roperSynonym of outside man (“accomplice who locates a mark to be swindled by a confidence trickster”).
- rorterA small-scale confidence trickster.
- rosaTo hide, vanish, shadow.
- roscoeA handgun, particularly a revolver.
- Rose CottageAn isolation ward for treating venereal disease in sailors when ashore.
- Rose TwitterThe community of democratic socialists on Twitter.
- roseboySynonym of femboy.
- rosebudA woman's nipples, namely when erect.
- RoshidereAlya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian, a Japanese cartoon series.
- Rosie LeeSynonym of tea (“(uncountable) a drink made by infusing dried leaves or buds of the tea plant (Camellia...
- rotTo talk nonsense.
- rot meSynonym of I'll be damned.
- rotgutRaw or poor-quality alcoholic liquor.
- rottenVery drunk, intoxicated.
- rotten eggA person who is the latest, the last, or the slowest in a group to arrive somewhere or to perform a certain...
- rotterA despicable, worthless person; a scoundrel.
- RottoRottnest Island, a small island off the coast of Western Australia.
- roufFour pounds sterling.
- roughSomewhat ill; sick; in poor condition.
- rough rideThe practice of not applying a seat belt to a handcuffed detainee in a transport vehicle before driving...
- rough tradeRough or tough men who are available as casual sexual partners for other men (for example in exchange for...
- roughieA film portraying rough sex.
- round robinA method of dividing loot among a party of players by having the game assign loot, or an enemy corpse to...
- round the twistMad.
- round-tripperHome run.
- roundballThe sport of basketball.
- roundballerA basketball player.
- roundheelsA sexually promiscuous woman.
- roustTo arrest.
- routeTo connect two local area networks, thereby forming an internet.
- route-oneDirect, basic, unsubtle, brute force.
- routerA device that connects local area networks to form a larger internet by, at minimum, selectively passing...
- routing leakThe situation where the internal routing table of a network provider is broadcast externally to peered...
- rovalA motor racecourse composed of a road course section and a portion of a banked oval track.
- RoxyA Roxicodone tablet.
- royal marriageA king and a queen of the same suit as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em (see marriage).
- royaltyA king and a queen as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
- rozzThe police.
- rozzerA police officer.
- RSS feedAn XML document that follows the RSS ("Rich Site Summary") specification, used for syndication.
- rubA loan.
- rub and tugA massage parlor where one can get a massage with a hand job.
- rub outTo kill, especially to murder.
- rub upTo assault (someone).
- rub up onTo rub one's body against another person as a form of sexual stimulation or flirting.
- rubatosisThe unsettling awareness of one's own heartbeat.
- rubberA condom, especially an external condom.
- rubber baby buggy bumperA contraceptive diaphragm.
- rubber duckAn inflatable boat.
- rubber duckyA small, flexible fixed-length antenna covered with a vinyl or rubber coating, frequently used with a handy...
- rubber johnnyA condom.
- rubber upTo put on a condom.
- rubber-bandTo move to a previous position due to network lag, as if being held back by a rubber band.
- rubberedThoroughly drunk.
- rubberneck busA sightseeing or tour bus.
- rubbyA drunkard.
- rubby-dubA drunkard, especially one who drinks alcohol in non-beverage form, e.g. rubbing alcohol or canned heat.
- ruboutAn assassination.
- Ruby MurrayA (meal of) curry.
- ruckA rucksack; a large backpack.
- ruckus juiceStrong home-made liquor; moonshine.
- rudderbuttAn otter.
- ruddyA mild intensifier, expressing irritation.
- rudeSexy, hot, overtly attractive.
- rudefemA radical feminist who is blunt, confrontational, and sometimes abusive in their approach.
- rudieA juvenile delinquent.
- RufalinRohypnol.
- rugA wig; a hairpiece.
- rug jointSynonym of carpet joint.
- ruinedIncapacitated by drugs or alcohol.
- rUKThe rest of the UK not including Scotland (after proposed devolution in 2014).
- ruleTo excel.
- Rule 63The proposition that it is possible to find genderswapped versions of every fictional character, especially...
- ruleageThe quality of something that rules; excellence; awesomeness.
- rum goA peculiar, surprising, and/or confusing event, thing, etc.
- RumbelleThe ship of characters Rumpelstiltskin and Belle from the television series Once Upon a Time.
- rumbleA street fight or brawl.
- rumdumA habitual drunkard; a stupid person.
- rumhoundA drunkard who drinks rum.
- rumorologyRumormongering.
- rumpTo cheat.
- rumpaliciousHaving shapely and appealing buttocks.
- rumpotA drunkard.
- rumpty-tumptySex.
- runA basketball game (usually pickup).
- run aroundTo cheat; to be unfaithful to a romantic partner.
- run downTo approach (someone, thing or place) aggressively, as to attack.
- run handsTo start a physical altercation; to fight physically, as opposed to fighting verbally (i.e. arguing).
- run into oneTo hit a home run.
- run it upTo make money (or something else) quickly.
- run nowhereTo finish the race unplaced.
- run off onTo suddenly or ferociously attack (someone), usually physically.
- run onTo attempt to enact (a plan, trick or scheme) on (someone).
- run one's faceTo obtain things on credit by sheer impudence.
- run throughTo have sex with (someone).
- run upTo accumulate money, drugs, etc.
- run wildTo run consecutively.
- RunetThe Russian-language community on the Internet.
- runnerA quick escape away from a scene; (by extension) the person who gets away.
- runner's trotsRunner's diarrhea.
- runsDiarrhea/diarrhoea.
- runtAn uninfluential or unimportant person; a nobody.
- RupphireThe ship of characters Ruby and Sapphire from the Steven Universe series.
- ruptured duckThe Honorable Service Lapel Button, a military award bearing the image of an eagle.
- rushTo attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units.
- RussiaballRussia as a countryball.
- rustbucketAn old, neglected vehicle, usually a car, a freighter, or a truck.
- rustle someone's jimmiesTo bother someone; to make someone feel upset.
- rustlerAn alert, energetic, driving person.
- RustoRust-Oleum spraypaint.
- rustyA gun or in particular an old or worn one.
- rutIn omegaverse fiction, the intense biological urge of an alpha to mate, typically triggered by proximity to...
- ruxA noisy disturbance or commotion.
- RYMerA user of the website Rate Your Music.
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