rahとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ɹɑː/
• 韻: -ɑː

語源 1

Clipping of hurrah.

間投詞

rah

1. An exclamation of support or encouragement.
   • 2011, Kern Alexander, M. David Alexander, American Public School Law, page 668:

     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. (Internet slang) An exclamation of patriotic or passionate excitement.
   • 2023 June 24, u/crappylilAccident, “Clamworks truth”, in Reddit‎, r/Clamworks, archived from the original on 24 January 2024:

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

   • 2023 October 28, u/Safe-Scarcity2835, “Choose Your Side:”, in Reddit‎, r/balkans_irl, archived from the original on 24 January 2024:

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

   • 2024 January 6, u/our_cut, “What old school league terms or 'memes' have disappeared from the game in recent years?”, in Reddit‎, r/leagueoflegends, archived from the original on 24 January 2024:

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

   • 2024 January 7, @pop_priestess, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 24 January 2024:

     PHILIPPINES MENTIONED RAHHHH 🇵🇭 🦅

派生語

名詞

rah (plural rahs)

1. (UK, informal, derogatory) A 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.

   Synonym: (male) Hooray Henry

   • 2012, Helen Pidd, Letter from India: it's no easy matter being a woman looking for a decent drink in Delhi: The Guardian‎:

     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.

形容詞

rah (comparative more rah, superlative most rah)

1. (UK, informal, derogatory) Posh.
   • 2022 January 9, Douglas Murray, “Boris Johnson has utterly failed to back up his anti-woke rhetoric with action”, in Chris Evans, editor, The Daily Telegraph‎, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 December 2023:

     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.

語源 2

Clipping of rhatid.

間投詞

rah (MLE)

1. An expression of surprise.
   • 2019 June 6, Skepta, quoted in “Skepta opens up about becoming a father and enduring two heartbreaking miscarriages” by Narjas Zatat, Metro:

     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. An expression of admiration.
   • 2016, Wiley, quoted in This Is Grime by Hattie Collins and Olivia Rose, Hachette UK, page 145:

     Target bought the tape round, I listened to it and I was like, ‘Rah, this is sick, this kid is so sick’.

3. An expression of frustration or anger.
   • 2016, Big Narstie (lyrics), “Fire In The Booth (Part 3)”, performed by Big Narstie on BBC Radio 1Xtra:

     I was daydreaming, smoking weed out the curtain / Looking at my baby like rah, I'm just a burden

同意語

• wow

アナグラム

• Ahr, HAR, RHA, har