RINO

Republican in name only; typically means a member of the GOP who's more liberal than a Republican should be

Schwarzegger's one big RINO!

by Alex August 19, 2003

rino

Republican who acts and votes like a liberal and ignores the wishes of other Republicans

Specter and McCain are RINOs

by darkangel82 May 18, 2005

Rino

Rapper Summrs’ nickname
Originates from his other popular nickname “Summerino”

They like Rino boy how you did it?

by Had2 April 21, 2022

rino

A nickname for the underground rapper summrs

yo u listen to summrs?
oh yea u fw rino?

by georino April 10, 2022

RINO

Republican In Name Only

Used to describe Republicans who are against Donald Trump and the Big Lie, including the ones who impeached him

Examples include Mitt Romney, Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, Adam Kinzinger, Fred Upton, and Liz Cheney.

The lawmaker said that Joe Biden won the election and he was called a RINO.

by UrbanDefinitionMaker July 16, 2021

RINO

Formerly stood for Republican In Name Only. Eventually, it fell into widespread overuse, effectively diluting its context.

Currently, it stands for any Republican who is not totally bat-shit crazy on 100 percent of the issues, 100 percent of the time.

Person A: "Senator X is nothing but a RINO!"

Person B: "Oh, he's not a RINO, he just doesn't think schizophrenics should be allowed to carry assault rifles into schools!"

Person A: "That's not right! The Second Amendment says we can carry anywhere!"

Person B: "Sure it does - if you're bat-shit crazy!"

by Ingleweird October 20, 2011

RINO

Republican In Name Only.

This is a pejorative term used to dismiss any moderate or liberal GOP members from getting nominated to run for president.

Any Republican who isn't a pro-life creationist who denies climate change gets hit with this label.

Because he admitted he believed in man-made climate change and accepted the theory of evolution, Jon Huntsman was labeled as a RINO and thus did very poorly in the GOP primaries in 2012

by Downvoting Victim January 11, 2014