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Repelative

A relative, connected either by blood or through marriage, that has a tendency to act out, either in public on online, in less than pleasant manners. Typically, the idea of a family tree limb that is considered "redneck" or "whitetrash," and whose actions typically link them with the less refined, less dignified, and generally unappealing. They repel other family members based on their history or previous experiences.
Oh great. My repelative cousin just posted on my Facebook wall that our grandmother has just died...she didn't even bother to call me and tell me!
by IonBlitz March 25, 2010
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Ripliad

The five thriller novels by American author Patricia (STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, THE PRICE OF SALT) Highsmith (d. 1995) that have the amoral but sympathetic Thomas Ripley as their hero.

These books are: The Talented Mr. Ripley (1955), Ripley Under Ground (1970), Ripley's Game (1974), The Boy Who Followed Ripley (1980) and Ripley Under Water (1991). It is alleged that Ms. Highsmith coined the self-effacing and jocular term "Ripliad" herself, although when an anthology of the first three of these novels was published by Everyman's Library in 1998, critics used the term "Ripliad" to refer to those specific three. (In 2011 the Folio Society of London brought out its own three-volume boxed set of exactly the same novels.) However, the first boxed set of all five Ripley novels did not appear until 2008 (THE COMPLETE RIPLEY NOVELS); to them, the term "Ripliad" also applies.
"The one box set I would love Folio Society to put out would be the complete Ripliad by Patricia Highsmith. Probably my favourite author of all time..."

(from blog librarything.com)
by al-in-chgo November 27, 2011
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Ripload

Friend #1: "My grandma's dead."
Friend #2: "I know, dude. I riploaded her good."
Friend #1: "You- you mean you downloaded one of her videos and reposted it online without her consent?"
Friend #2: "No."
Friend #1: "..."
Friend #2: *smirks*
Friend #1: "F*ck you."
by True Seeker of Darkness February 13, 2014
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ripeness

The odor radiating off your stank ass body when you spend all day studying constitutional law.
Dang, man, I just aced my practice exam, but it took me all day to master and I haven't showered in 48 hours. My ripeness is strong.
by B1GKARL November 12, 2015
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Ripflet

Like getting ball slapped, but for girls. She collapsed after that massive ripflet.
by That one pole vault April 10, 2019
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Rielynn

A fun, adventurous, gentle and beautiful person, who never spends a moment thinking about herself more than she does for the people she cares about. She also likes Dodge Rams.
by Slim shaggy June 1, 2021
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trunk-ripened

What happens to food that accidentally gets left in the car for a long time after a trip to the grocery store.
Oh man, I left a bunch of bananas in my car over the weekend, and now they are completely brown and smell gross, totally trunk-ripened.
by aces1 April 20, 2010
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