refraine 

the command form of "to refrain", "to stop"

when you want someone to stop doing something you say:

"refraine"

a hand gesture adds to the emphasis

refraine by Lianne Gray November 30, 2003

refraining order 

A refraining order is when someone tells you not to say something to someone other than yourself.

Suzy: You better not comment on my sister's fat ass again. You're under a temporary 'refraining order' until we leave her house.
Jimmy: Yes dear.

refraining order by Bryan Gilbreath April 16, 2009

Please to refrain 

Tabrizi proverb (made famous by Qalandar of Tabriz)

To cease, desist, stop whatever it is you're saying or doing. A badass thing to say to someone when you want to lay the smackdown on them.

Maajid Nawaz, please to refrain. You being defecations.

Please to refrain by Pleasetorefrain August 11, 2014

Bop-type Refrain 

An extremely esoteric nickname for cocaine. In the original lyrics to the Cole Porter classic showtune "I Get a Kick Out of You", the second verse begins is "Some get a kick from cocaine". As the years passed, that was changed to "Some like the bop-type refrain" so kids could continue to put on "Anything Goes" as a high-school musical.

People aware of this, wanting to demonstrate their cultural refinement and speak about cocaine, all while avoiding eavesdroppers and self-incrimination, replace the technical name of their drug of choice with "Bop-type Refrain" (or simply "Bop-type", though the later option brings with it a tremendous risk of losing your audience.)

Chris: I'm sick of referring to cocaine as "yatch". It's gone too mainstream.
Kevin: How about "Bop-type Refrain"?
Chris: What the - oh, I get it. I didn't know you were a devotee of musical theater.
Kevin: Eh, I know the Sinatra version.

Bop-type Refrain by Cosmo July 25, 2006

Refrain

To stop. Often followed by 'from'. 'Refrain' is usually used when speaking about human action.

"Please refrain from using your cell phone in the restaurant, ma'am."

Normally he would have made a Tom Arnold joke at a moment like that, but he was able to refrain from doing so.

Refrain by Diggity Monkeez January 8, 2005

refrain

In a song, a verse that is repeated regularly and often. Applicable to anything repeated with frequency and regularity.

Also to avoid taking an action, usually with some conflict.

"We all lived in a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine..."

Jennifer Lopez refrained from firing her personal aid even though her aid had brought her the wrong kind of coke twice now.

refrain by S0meguy April 25, 2007

Refrainbow 

The creator of the “Boyfriends.” Webtoon that has around 300 million views

Also said the n word, also made porn of real people who were minors, fetishized mlm relationships, and made a horrendous Webtoon called “Boyfriends.” Which had the most boring and cringe characters ever

Cindy: Who tf likes Refrainbow or that shit webtoon he made.

Chronically online Fujoshi: OMG!!! THEYRE INDONESIAN YOU CANT BLAME HIM PLUS YOURE JUST TRANSPHOBIC AND HOMOPHOBIC AND JEALOUS!!!

Refrainbow by Fuzik Void June 5, 2022