1. Rastus, the Cream of Wheat chef, created circa 1890 by Emery Mapes, one of the owners of Diamond Milling Company. Mapes adapted the image of an African American chef for a wood-cut image used as a logo for the product. In the 1920s, the woodcut image was replaced by the face of a Chicago waiter who was paid $5 to pose in a chef's hat and jacket. This logo has been used with only slight modifications until the present day.
2. A stereotype of the jolly, former slave, and a character of the coon type often featured in minstrel shows.
3. A pejorative name used by white folk for African American males in the 20th Century.
2. A stereotype of the jolly, former slave, and a character of the coon type often featured in minstrel shows.
3. A pejorative name used by white folk for African American males in the 20th Century.
"By no means a lesser virtue of Toole's novel is his rendering of the particularities of New Orleans, its back streets, its out-of-the-way neighborhoods, its odd speech, its ethnic whites -- and one black in whom Toole has achieved the near-impossible, a superb comic character of immense wit and resourcefulness without the least trace of Rastus minstrelsy."
--Walker Percy, Foreword to 'A Confederacy of Dunces'
--Walker Percy, Foreword to 'A Confederacy of Dunces'
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Can't I ever get a good quiet meal at this restaurant? Every time I go here, there are always a few rug rats running around who don't look where they're going!
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Berma Rats are a group of individuals that hang out at the Kenberma basketball court in Hull Massachusetts. They spend their entire day, everyday, littering the court, asking for money, and bumming cigarettes.
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Get the Berma Rats mug.1. Term used to describe an exceptionally larger than normal and disgusting bowel movement.
2. Used in place of the word "fuck", but only in a negative context.
2. Used in place of the word "fuck", but only in a negative context.
1. Oh man those tacos are doing a number on my gut, I'm gonna have to take a greasy rabus real soon.
2. You got fired from that sweet job for sleeping with the bosses daughter? Oh man you really rabused that up!
Use both in conjunction:
e.g. That rabus really rabused up my crapshoot.
2. You got fired from that sweet job for sleeping with the bosses daughter? Oh man you really rabused that up!
Use both in conjunction:
e.g. That rabus really rabused up my crapshoot.
by stained glass September 26, 2010
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Because of the smug, fedora-donning individual's lack of personal hygiene, the Cheeto dust begins to build up in the lair of the neckbeard. This typically results in the attraction of rats. As the rats and Cheeto dust combine, a Cheeto Rat is formed. Cheeto Rats are often more vicious than normal rats, and enjoy the taste of Cheetos.
It is recommended for neckbeards to remove Cheeto Rats before they get inside of a computer. They are known to chew on the wiring and even break keyboards. The term "Cheeto Rat" was originally coined in 1997 by both Eminem and Nostalgia Critic.
Because of the smug, fedora-donning individual's lack of personal hygiene, the Cheeto dust begins to build up in the lair of the neckbeard. This typically results in the attraction of rats. As the rats and Cheeto dust combine, a Cheeto Rat is formed. Cheeto Rats are often more vicious than normal rats, and enjoy the taste of Cheetos.
It is recommended for neckbeards to remove Cheeto Rats before they get inside of a computer. They are known to chew on the wiring and even break keyboards. The term "Cheeto Rat" was originally coined in 1997 by both Eminem and Nostalgia Critic.
Man, Tyler the Neckbeard is disgusting! He has Cheeto Rats all over his computer, in his room, and there is one even in his ear!
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2.) An Exclamitory phrase, used to convey a feeling of shock.
3.)Often associated with t-shirts, jester's hats and lawn darts.
2.) An Exclamitory phrase, used to convey a feeling of shock.
3.)Often associated with t-shirts, jester's hats and lawn darts.
Rats Off To Ya, Wayne!
Rats Off To You, Jan!
Tom, this is the mayor's "fun money", you can use it anywhere.
Rats Off To You, Jan!
Tom, this is the mayor's "fun money", you can use it anywhere.
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