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rah rah, n. and a. slang (orig. U.S.).|rɑː rɑː|
Also rah rah rah, ra ra.
[Reduplication of rah int.]
A. n. A shout of support or encouragement, as for a college team: see rah int. and n.B. adj. with hyphen. Of or pertaining to college, collegiate; (of behaviour, etc.) characteristic of college students; marked by the generation of enthusiasm or excitement, as in cheer-leading, etc. U.S.
1911[see cut-up n. 1 b]. 1914S. Lewis Our Mr. Wrenn iii. 41 Bunches of rah-rah boys wanting to cross..to England. 1924Public Opinion 15 Feb. 152/1 When father was a rah-rah boy and wore those comedy clothes. 1945L. Shelly Jive Talk Dict. 31/2 Rah rah drapes, collegiate clothing. 1948Landfall II. 312 Of course, it was all eyewash—rah-rah publicity if you like. 1959Economist 27 June 1151/1 If there is an October election there will be time only for a two-day ra-ra conference before going into battle. 1960I. Cross Backward Sex iii. 72 The team and three bus-loads of their ra-ra supporters arrived about midday. 1970People (Austral.) 25 Mar. 24/3 The possible solution to the growing world-wide problem of football game disorder comes clad in a delightfully brief skirt and twirls a baton. In America she is known as a ‘Rah-Rah girl’, in Australia as a Drum Majorette. 1972Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 24 June 18/2 People..are real rah-rah, knocking on doors and asking you to come to parties. 1974Sunday Sun (Brisbane) 18 Aug. 5/4 The rah-rah teams, Brothers, University and GPS have won 28 of the past 30 grand finals. 1976National Observer (U.S.) 3 July 8/2 ‘In spite of all the rah-rah rhetoric about recycling's merits, a large market share eludes recycling,’ says M. J. Mighdoll, executive vice president.
Hence rah-ˈrahing ppl. a., rah-ˈrahism.
1892Outing Oct. 37/1 He no longer felt stage-fright surrounded by the ‘rah-'rahing mob’. 1930Chicago Daily Maroon 9 Dec. 4/1 Students engage in rah-rahism because it gives them a certain simple amount of enjoyment.
▸ rah-rah skirt n. (also ra-ra skirt) chiefly Brit. and Austral. a short skirt with layered frills.
[1965Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 22 Aug. (World of Women section) 1 (advt.) From our library of school looks... A rah-rah skirt spectacular.] 1981Time 5 Oct. 44 (caption) Picture 1, Sweats: jumpsuit ($75), *rah-rah skirt ($33). 1994Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 27 Mar. 33/2 The Rah-Rah skirt is about to make a comeback on the Oz fashion scene. 2001K. Sampson Outlaws (2002) 101 Two really boss-looking, shiny brown blondes walking round in ra-ra skirts and that. |