RIP

See also: rip, Rip, R.I.P., and říp

English

Alternative forms

• R.I.P., rip (Internet slang)

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin RIP (requiescat in pace) and an initialism of rest in peace.

Pronunciation

• (standard)
  • IPA^(key): /ɑː(ɹ) aɪ ˈpiː/
  • Rhymes: -iː
• (Internet slang, humorous, ironic)
  • IPA^(key): /ɹɪp/
  • Homophone: rip

Interjection

RIP

1. Initialism of requiescat in pace, requiescant in pace, and rest in peace (a blessing or expression of hope that a deceased person is at peace).

   RIP, my dear friend.

   • 2019 May 12, Alex McLevy, “Westeros faces a disastrous final battle on the penultimate Game of Thrones (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club‎^[1], archived from the original on 15 May 2019:

     But Sandor shoves his knife through his brother’s head, and when that doesn’t stop him, he sacrifices himself to kill his sibling, knocking them from the tower and plunging into the blazing fire below. R.I.P., Sandor Clegane and your malevolent brother.

   1. (informal, loosely, often ironic) Expressing disappointment at the fact that someone or something has come to an end or gone away.

      RIP Vine. Only real ones remember.

      • 2022 October 24, u/5hrs4hrs3hrs2hrs1mor, “What is something that disappeared after the pandemic?”, in Reddit‎^[2], r/AskReddit, archived from the original on 29 June 2024:

        A couple of locally owned restaurants I enjoyed in my town didn't survive covid. RIP the one Indian food place within 100 miles.

      • 2022 October 27, @cblu80, Twitter‎^[3], archived from the original on 29 June 2024:

        Damn my stream was lit lol rip to my twitch days YouTube here I come

      • 2024 May 6, @TweetFrmPkmn, Twitter‎^[4], archived from the original on 29 June 2024:

        rip lol [in response to a Twitch streamer getting banned]

      • 2024 May 26, @ArkNemesis5, Twitter‎^[5], archived from the original on 29 June 2024:

        Damn, RIP my original Ipad, the one that this journey started on. You will be missed 😔

   2. (slang, humorous, hyperbolic, often ironic) Expressing concern about something bad happening to someone or something.

      That jumpscare is so loud! RIP headphone users.

      RIP your DMs.

      • 2020 August 10, u/WhyYouLikeCats, “This good boy carries a 30-pound weight everywhere he goes as his toy”, in Reddit‎^[6], r/interestingasfuck, archived from the original on 29 June 2024:

        RIP your wood floors if he drops that like my dog drops bones.

      • 2021 November 25, @Ollie_XVX, Twitter‎^[7], archived from the original on 29 June 2024:

        Damn just realized I ratio'd Pete pretty hard lol rip bozo

      • 2023 December 4, @OddOblivion, Twitter‎^[8], archived from the original on 29 June 2024:

        (I'm not sure what this person was going on about, but rip whoever you mistook me for lol)

      • 2024 April 30, @TheBattlecock, Twitter‎^[9], archived from the original on 29 June 2024:

        RIP my notifications. 😑

      • 2024 May 31, @aziz0nomics, Twitter‎^[10], archived from the original on 29 June 2024:

        RIP my mentions

      • 2024 June 6, u/AccountForDoingWORK, “Idiot decided to start yelling every night at 2 am”, in Reddit‎^[11], r/mildlyinfuriating, archived from the original on 29 June 2024:

        RIP to the clothing company that had to change its name a few years back specifically because of this joke lmao

   3. (slang, loosely) Expressing mild disappointment or embarrassment.

      I applied to dozens of companies and didn't get a single job offer, RIP.

      • 2022 February 7, @Bakunawaart, Twitter‎^[12], archived from the original on 29 June 2024:

        Oops I slipped and posted some of my art rip

      • 2022 October 2, @BDClownFarm, Twitter‎^[13], archived from the original on 29 June 2024:

        rip I forgot it was orktober (it is always orktober to me) but here's a bear gorkanaut from my bear/duck themed bad moonz army. Happy orktober 2nd

      • 2024 March 13, @statesminds, Twitter‎^[14], archived from the original on 29 June 2024:

        I said I was loving Unicorn Overlord and that it reminded me of Ogre Battle and Matsuno told me this lol rip

2. (derogatory) Initialism of rest in piss.
3. (rare) Initialism of rest in power.

Usage notes

• The phrase is never used ironically in reference to actual sleep or rest for the living; it refers only to the dead.
• Typically found as an epitaph on a tombstone or in an obituary (and hence on graves in Halloween decorations, cartoons, etc.).
• The phrase is sometimes used as an epithet when referring to a deceased person, as in “This university was founded by Thomas Jefferson, RIP.”
• Also used as an indirect way of stating that someone or something is (literally or figuratively) dead.

Derived terms

• RIP in peace
• ripperoni
• RIP troll

Translations

abbreviation: rest in peace

• Catalan: REP
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 安息 (zh) (ānxī)

• Dutch: RIV
• Esperanto: RP
• French: REP (fr)
• Galician: DEP
• German: RIF
• Hebrew: ע״ה (a-ha)
• Italian: RIP (it)
• Polish: śp. (pl)
• Spanish: DEP, Q.E.P.D., q. e. p. d. (es)
• Tagalog: SLN

See also

• PBUH
• RHIP

Etymology 2

Proper noun

RIP

1. Routing information protocol, a dynamic routing protocol used in local and wide area networks.

Etymology 3

Originally coined in Selker et al. (1987) as an acronym for rearrangement induced premeiotically, which was later renamed repeat-induced point mutation in Cambareri et al. (1989).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪp/
• Rhymes: -ɪp

Noun

RIP (uncountable)

1. (molecular biology) Repeat-induced point mutation, a process by which both copies of duplicated sequences are mutated.
   • 1987 December 4, Eric U. Selker, Edward B. Cambareri, Bryan C. Jensen, Kenneth R. Haack, “Rearrangement of duplicated DNA in specialized cells of Neurospora”, in Cell, volume 51, number 5, page 750:

     The RIP process can be extremely efficient. A linked duplication of 6 kb of Neurospora DNA, whose elements were separated by 7.5 kb of bacterial and unique Neurospora sequences, never survived a cross unrearranged.

   • 1989 June 30, Edward B. Cambareri, Bryan C. Jensen, Eric Schabtach, Eric U. Selker, “Repeat-Induced G-C to A-T Mutations in Neurospora”, in Science, volume 244, number 4912, page 1573:

     Thus, the RIP process results in point mutations, consistent with the results from the heteroduplex analyses. On the basis of this information, we suggest changing the name of the phenomenon from "rearrangement induced premeiotically" to "repeat-induced point mutation."

   • 2003 April 24, James E. Galagan et al., “The genome sequence of the filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa”, in Nature‎^[15], volume 422, page 860:

     To investigate the impact of RIP on protein families in Neurospora, genes were clustered into ‘multigene families’ on the basis of an all versus all comparison of protein sequences (see Methods).

Derived terms

• RIPing

Etymology 4

Noun

RIP (plural RIPs)

1. (US, law enforcement) Initialism of reduction in pay.
   • 1972, New York Magazine, volume 5, number 5, page 32:

     […] recommended as punishment a 55-day RIP (reduction in pay) but was overruled by higher authorities […]

   • 1991, Vincent Murano, William Hoffer, Cop Hunter, page 73:

     He admitted to his indiscretion and accepted a five-day RIP (reduction in pay). What the hell is going on? I wondered. We let a captain with possible O.C. connections off the hook, but we bust a patrolman for having a drink!

Etymology 5

Noun

RIP (plural RIPs)

1. (biology) Initialism of ribosome-inactivating protein.

Anagrams

• pir, irp, RPI, IPR, PRI, IRP, PIR, iPr

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

RIP m (plural RIP)

1. (French politics) Initialism of référendum d’initiative partagée.

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛrˈi.pe/, [ɛrˈi.pe]

Noun

RIP (plural RIP-RIP, first-person possessive RIPku, second-person possessive RIPmu, third-person possessive RIPnya)

1. Initialism of rencana induk pembangunan (“development master plan”).

Italian

Alternative forms

• R.I.P.

Phrase

RIP

1. Initialism of riposi in pace; RIP

Latin

Phrase

RIP

1. Initialism of requiescat in pace (“may he/she rest in peace; RIP”).
2. Initialism of requiescant in pace (“may they rest in peace; RIP”).