A rite of passage is a ritual that marks a change in a person's social or sexual status. The term was popularised by the French ethnographer Arnold van Gennep (1873-1957), in the early part of the twentieth century.
1. Its important to see Black Sabbath at least once in a lifetime, if you can. Its a rite of passage.
2. A rite of passage can be a religious experience
2. A rite of passage can be a religious experience
by IRON MAN January 27, 2005
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Someone who has features that are constantly complimented. A fashion expert with accessories that match all their outfits. Often stubborn and can get emotional easily. Don't get on the bad side of a Ritu, because if you do then she will not attend your wedding. The word Ritu in certain Asian cultures (e.g. Nepal) is used to describe someone who is immodest. She is all innocent in the daylight but the moment the curtains close the wildness in her appears.
Friend One: "Wow that girl from our biology class is so wild"
Friend Two: "I know right, that's because she is a ritu"
Friend Two: "I know right, that's because she is a ritu"
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Employs wide variety of people, including drunks, semi-legal immigrants, psychopaths (see nite crew), legends, perverts, disgruntled former schoolteachers, dropouts, nerds, freaks, bitches, old people, the handicapped, stoners, and all sorts of others. Know for being cheap as hell, as well as being ghetto and urban in most practices and policies.
Employs wide variety of people, including drunks, semi-legal immigrants, psychopaths (see nite crew), legends, perverts, disgruntled former schoolteachers, dropouts, nerds, freaks, bitches, old people, the handicapped, stoners, and all sorts of others. Know for being cheap as hell, as well as being ghetto and urban in most practices and policies.
Shop Rite -If its a bad idea, we do it first!
Holy Shit! Its snowing! Lets go to the Shop Rite and buy all the milk, all the bread, and call the manager an asshole!
Holy Shit! Its snowing! Lets go to the Shop Rite and buy all the milk, all the bread, and call the manager an asshole!
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Get the ya rite mug.a combination of ritalin and adderall, typically cut into a fine powder so that it may be easily consumed through the nose via "snorting"
dennis: wow frank, that riterall is doing some crazy things to you. got any more?
frank: does a bear sh!t in the woods?
dennis: well then, cut up a few rails, i'm blasting of!!!
frank: does a bear sh!t in the woods?
dennis: well then, cut up a few rails, i'm blasting of!!!
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