n. To believe that you are better than you are; to behave in a way that is incongruous with one's family of origin
Origin: Southern American colloquialism
Origin: Southern American colloquialism
Mother: I don't know who you think you is, goin' off to college like that.
Daughter: I'm trying to better myself.
Neighbor: You gettin' above your raising, that's what.
Daughter: I'm trying to better myself.
Neighbor: You gettin' above your raising, that's what.
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by pkiddy October 16, 2008
Get the Rainging mug.A cliched maneuver of incapacitating adversaries in many action-based films by firing at a rival gunmen standing near a guard rail, to which they then flip over the structure (more often then not, clutching the entry wound before plummeting). Possibly first referenced in the Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode "Space Mutiny".
Damn, did you see how far the drop was after that railing kill?! The only thing that could've made that better was if he did a Wilhelm Scream!
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Emily: "Dude, did you see the amount Kaine Dan was raising on the dance floor?"
Stella: "Dude yeah, that was so much Kaine!"
Dan on the dance floor: *Raising Kaine*
Stella: "Dude yeah, that was so much Kaine!"
Dan on the dance floor: *Raising Kaine*
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"Get your dirty finger nails out my compost you Bin raiding postman, go and tell your dad to sort it out!"
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