"ripping" means: The action of one who rips .. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
ripping
The action of one who rips .
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BlueskyMay 2026
Another apology for corruption and ripping-off customers. Boycott FIFA. Boycott Trump’s America. Let them both go bust.
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BlueskyMay 2026
It is really funny that Dora and her dad both don’t make a big deal out of ripping ass around me because I don’t care and I don’t react but they have to apologize to Dora’s mom every time.
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BlueskyMay 2026
ripping the rug out from under ashe at this juncture seems cruel, but it's actually par for the course for the british health system, which is designed to FUCKING KILL YOU
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BlueskyMay 2026
I despise the very idea of grading. Comics are meant to be read, card games are meant to be played and traded, and toys are meant to be played with. I HATE how there's an entire industry that revolves around ripping t…
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BlueskyMay 2026
You haven't seen THX-1138? Ohhhh you gotta. Ooooh it's got some THEMES. Haven't seen it in a minute but boy does some of the imagery stick with you. Some of that dystopia feels prophetic but maybe our dystopia is pre…
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Australia
#2·Apr 27, 2026AUS
That rips, or can be removed by ripping.
“Certainly, I quite understand, my dear fellow,” Tennington had replied. “But you are to be congratulated—ripping girl, don’t you know—really.”
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“Modi is ripping us off BAD! Very unfair to America! I'm putting MASSIVE TARIFFS on India! Could be 600%! They will BEG for mercy! NO CAP! generate_voice”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Unless there’s a ripping concert at Marymoor Park.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“'We' got lazy and allowed this. We saw them ripping us off and getting unmeritted tax breaks but we shrugged and went on with our day.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“rejection of it also is like, ripping out my ability to have any spark about anything at all. and that shit also sucks.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“KCW “Death Comes Ripping”: Match Announcement britwresevents.wordpress.com/2026/05/05/k...”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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#3·Apr 27, 2026AUS
(dated, slang) Excellent.
After Sir John Hall came Freddy Shepherd, and after him came Mike Ashley, who thought that tipping up to games in one of the replica shirts he flogs at Lillywhite's was a ripping wheeze.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026AUS
The action of one who rips .
For parents
"ripping" means: The action of one who rips .. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
For ESL learners
"ripping" means: The action of one who rips .. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
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“Another apology for corruption and ripping-off customers. Boycott FIFA. Boycott Trump’s America. Let them both go bust.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“It is really funny that Dora and her dad both don’t make a big deal out of ripping ass around me because I don’t care and I don’t react but they have to apologize to Dora’s mom every time.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“ripping the rug out from under ashe at this juncture seems cruel, but it's actually par for the course for the british health system, which is designed to FUCKING KILL YOU”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I despise the very idea of grading. Comics are meant to be read, card games are meant to be played and traded, and toys are meant to be played with. I HATE how there's an entire industry that revolves around ripping the joy out of these things for the sake of clout and money.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“You haven't seen THX-1138? Ohhhh you gotta. Ooooh it's got some THEMES. Haven't seen it in a minute but boy does some of the imagery stick with you. Some of that dystopia feels prophetic but maybe our dystopia is predicated on ripping off famous dystopias.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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Slang is read by different audiences for very different reasons. The For parents view re-explains the term in plain, non-judgemental language so a caregiver can understand what their child means without needing the surrounding subculture. The For English learners view focuses on register (when it's safe to use), formal alternatives, and common mistakes — what a textbook won't teach you.
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