Refrain

To stop. Often followed by 'from'. 'Refrain' is usually used when speaking about human action.

"Please refrain from using your cell phone in the restaurant, ma'am."

Normally he would have made a Tom Arnold joke at a moment like that, but he was able to refrain from doing so.

Refrain by Diggity Monkeez January 8, 2005

refrain

In a song, a verse that is repeated regularly and often. Applicable to anything repeated with frequency and regularity.

Also to avoid taking an action, usually with some conflict.

"We all lived in a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine..."

Jennifer Lopez refrained from firing her personal aid even though her aid had brought her the wrong kind of coke twice now.

refrain by S0meguy April 25, 2007

Refrain

A drug that helps you relive your greatest memories and happiest moments in life.

damn... I need some refrain right now, im depressed.

fuck bro this refrain making me happy nigga.

Refrain by Senetooo July 17, 2022

Refrain Rubbing Ramadan

It's basically the same as No Nut November

Except that it is created for people who is fasting in the holy month of Ramadan

The deed is for the people to abstain from masturbation or pornography during the whole month of ramadan

My friends have been going with Refrain rubbing ramadan for 2 days now

Refrain Rubbing Ramadan by Sir Glass April 26, 2020

Please to refrain 

Tabrizi proverb (made famous by Qalandar of Tabriz)

To cease, desist, stop whatever it is you're saying or doing. A badass thing to say to someone when you want to lay the smackdown on them.

Maajid Nawaz, please to refrain. You being defecations.

Please to refrain by Pleasetorefrain August 11, 2014

Bop-type Refrain 

An extremely esoteric nickname for cocaine. In the original lyrics to the Cole Porter classic showtune "I Get a Kick Out of You", the second verse begins is "Some get a kick from cocaine". As the years passed, that was changed to "Some like the bop-type refrain" so kids could continue to put on "Anything Goes" as a high-school musical.

People aware of this, wanting to demonstrate their cultural refinement and speak about cocaine, all while avoiding eavesdroppers and self-incrimination, replace the technical name of their drug of choice with "Bop-type Refrain" (or simply "Bop-type", though the later option brings with it a tremendous risk of losing your audience.)

Chris: I'm sick of referring to cocaine as "yatch". It's gone too mainstream.
Kevin: How about "Bop-type Refrain"?
Chris: What the - oh, I get it. I didn't know you were a devotee of musical theater.
Kevin: Eh, I know the Sinatra version.

Bop-type Refrain by Cosmo July 25, 2006

redial refrain 

The rapid little multi-note musical ditty that you hear when you press "redial" on a touch-tone phone.

I got a busy signal for three quarters of an hour before I finally got through to a live person in customer service --- here's a case where I am indeed glad dat my phone has auto-redial, but I got soooo tired of hearing dat 0%!$&#@ 11-note redial refrain over and over every half-minute!

redial refrain by QuacksO October 30, 2018