Dictionary

RIP en · INTJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ɑː(ɹ)aɪ ˈpiː/
• /ɹɪp/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin RIP (requiescat in pace) and an initialism of rest in peace.

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) 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).
   alt of or rest in peace
   alt of requiescant in pace
   alt of requiescat in pace
   • 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? 2019 December 31, AJ Willingham, “All the trends we loved and hated in the 2010s”, in CNN:
   • 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. 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:
   • RIP, Pope Francis.
2. (broadly, informal, ironic, often) 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.
   • Damn my stream was lit lol rip to my twitch days YouTube here I come 2022 October 27, @cblu80, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2024:
   • Damn, RIP my original Ipad, the one that this journey started on. You will be missed 😔 2024 May 26, @ArkNemesis5, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2024:
   • A couple of locally owned restaurants I enjoyed in my town didn't survive covid. RIP the one Indian food place within 100 miles. 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:
   • rip lol [in response to a Twitch streamer getting banned] 2024 May 6, @TweetFrmPkmn, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2024:
   • RIP Vine. Only real ones remember.
3. (excessive, humorous, ironic, often, slang) 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.
   • RIP your DMs.
   • RIP your wood floors if he drops that like my dog drops bones. 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:
   • (I'm not sure what this person was going on about, but rip whoever you mistook me for lol) 2023 December 4, @OddOblivion, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2024:
   • RIP to the clothing company that had to change its name a few years back specifically because of this joke lmao 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:
   • RIP my notifications. 😑 2024 April 30, @TheBattlecock, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2024:
   • RIP my mentions 2024 May 31, @aziz0nomics, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2024:
   • That jumpscare is so loud! RIP headphone users.
   • Damn just realized I ratio'd Pete pretty hard lol rip bozo 2021 November 25, @Ollie_XVX, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2024:
4. (broadly, slang) 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.
   • I applied to dozens of companies and didn't get a single job offer, RIP.
   • I said I was loving Unicorn Overlord and that it reminded me of Ogre Battle and Matsuno told me this lol rip 2024 March 13, @statesminds, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2024:
   • 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 2022 October 2, @BDClownFarm, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2024:
   • Oops I slipped and posted some of my art rip 2022 February 7, @Bakunawaart, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2024:
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, derogatory, initialism) Initialism of rest in piss.
   alt of rest in piss
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, rare) Initialism of rest in power.
   alt of rest in power

Forms

Deriveds

ripperoni · RIP troll · RIP in peace

Relateds

RHIP · PBUH

Translations (14)

fr REP (abbreviation: rest in peace) · cmn 安息 (abbreviation: rest in peace) · pl śp. (abbreviation: rest in peace) · de RIF (abbreviation: rest in peace) · ca REP (abbreviation: rest in peace) · he ע״ה (abbreviation: rest in peace) · eo RP (abbreviation: rest in peace) · es Q.E.P.D. (abbreviation: rest in peace) · gl DEP (abbreviation: rest in peace) · tl SLN (abbreviation: rest in peace) · it RIP (abbreviation: rest in peace) · es q. e. p. d. (abbreviation: rest in peace) · nl RIV (abbreviation: rest in peace) · es DEP (abbreviation: rest in peace)

wikipedia: requiescat in pace

RIP en · PROPN · etymology 2

Meanings

1. Routing information protocol, a dynamic routing protocol used in local and wide area networks.

Forms

wikipedia: requiescat in pace

RIP en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• /ɹɪp/

Etymology

Originally coined in Selker et al. (1987) as an acronym for rearrangement induced premeiotically, which was later renamed repeat-induced point mutation in Cambareri et al. (1989).

Meanings

1. (qualifier:molecular biology, uncountable) Repeat-induced point mutation, a process by which both copies of duplicated sequences are mutated.
   • The RIP process can be extremely efficient. A linked duplication of 6 kb of Neurospora DNA, whose elements were separated by 7.5 kb of bacterial and unique Neurospora sequences, never survived a cross unrearranged. 1987 December 4, Eric U. Selker, Edward B. Cambareri, Bryan C. Jensen, Kenneth R. Haack, “Rearrangement of duplicated DNA in specialized cells of Neurospora”, in Cell, volume 51, number 5, page 750:
   • To investigate the impact of RIP on protein families in Neurospora, genes were clustered into ‘multigene families’ on the basis of an all versus all comparison of protein sequences (see Methods). 2003 April 24, James E. Galagan et al., “The genome sequence of the filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa”, in Nature, volume 422, page 860:
   • Thus, the RIP process results in point mutations, consistent with the results from the heteroduplex analyses. On the basis of this information, we suggest changing the name of the phenomenon from "rearrangement induced premeiotically" to "repeat-induced point mutation." 1989 June 30, Edward B. Cambareri, Bryan C. Jensen, Eric Schabtach, Eric U. Selker, “Repeat-Induced G-C to A-T Mutations in Neurospora”, in Science, volume 244, number 4912, page 1573:

Forms

Deriveds

RIPing

wikipedia: requiescat in pace

RIP en · NOUN · etymology 4

Meanings

1. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of reduction in pay.
   alt of reduction in pay
   • He admitted to his indiscretion and accepted a five-day RIP (reduction in pay). What the hell is going on? I wondered. We let a captain with possible O.C. connections off the hook, but we bust a patrolman for having a drink! 1991, Vincent Murano, William Hoffer, Cop Hunter, page 73:
   • […] recommended as punishment a 55-day RIP (reduction in pay) but was overruled by higher authorities […] 1972, New York Magazine, volume 5, number 5, page 32:

Forms

wikipedia: requiescat in pace

RIP en · NOUN · etymology 5

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of ribosome-inactivating protein.
   alt of ribosome-inactivating protein

Forms

wikipedia: requiescat in pace