Prescribed forms of ceremony used to mark and celebrate significant events in the life stages of an individual; birth, puberty, marriage, ordination of a special role, death, etc.
Rites of passage are ritual events that mark a person's progress from one status to another.
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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
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Something Miranda Sings, vlogger/superstar/famous person says.
hater: ur ugly
Miranda: YA RITE I'M BOOTIFULL AND U ARE A HATER HATERS BACK OFF
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Chain of supermarkets in New Jersey. Third largest employer in the state.
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!
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Get rite- the words u say to some one when they are acting dumb, annoying, or stupid.
Boyfriend-"hey babe"
Girlfriend-"thanks for replying to my text lastnight"
*Boyfriend goes in for a kiss*
Girlfriend- "dont even try"
Boyfriend-"Wow Get Rite"
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