Rafferty - To make a complete mess of a Job, where a Job is broken beyond repair and the end user is "flapping" because it cannot be rescued
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Acronym for "Rowing Is For Fags". Used in short form to confuse and mislead people who see this written on any rowing paraphernalia, often to make them believe it stands for "Rowing Is For Fun".
Note: Rowers came up with this acronym
Note: Rowers came up with this acronym
by RIFF99 July 27, 2011
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The attack on Charlie Hebdo caused a rainfall discussion on the censorship of depictions of Muhammad.
by kinyutaka January 8, 2015
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Eating mexican food and sleeping in your girl's apartment can lead to Polluting the Rainforest the next morning.
by jfitz109 July 29, 2008
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"Man that's a sick guitar riff in that Metallica song Enter Sandman"
"I saw this great improv jazz band that could really riff."
The term is also often used to describe inspiration and improvisation in other things like acting, comedy, dancing, drawing, djing/scratching etc.
a b-boy might say, "So, I was breakin with Jamil the other day and was feelin what he was doin so I started riffin off his style and adding some new flava to it. I vibed off his uprock but threw in some popping and dropped down to a wind mill...It was dope."
"Man that's a sick guitar riff in that Metallica song Enter Sandman"
"I saw this great improv jazz band that could really riff."
The term is also often used to describe inspiration and improvisation in other things like acting, comedy, dancing, drawing, djing/scratching etc.
a b-boy might say, "So, I was breakin with Jamil the other day and was feelin what he was doin so I started riffin off his style and adding some new flava to it. I vibed off his uprock but threw in some popping and dropped down to a wind mill...It was dope."
an mc might say, "Yo me and my boy were in a cipher last night and we just started to riff off each other, we were just lettin it flow back and forth, ya know what I'm sayin."
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