Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To vomit.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An alleged or imagined evil spirit who does mischief in a printing-house.
- noun A familiar name of the raven, Corvus corax.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A name sometimes given to the raven.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb slang To
vomit .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Now you understand why Sparky thinks ralph is his b*tch.
Think Progress » Chuck Todd: ‘The Tea Party gets a big benefit’ from Fox News’ promotion. 2010
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FVNY says: ralph, is Big John a real American or a TP intern?
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Severe says: ralph is the Octomom of Think Progress.
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March 17th, 2010 at 10: 31 pm dbadass says: ralph is a llama for god sake.
Think Progress » Bachmann: ‘MoveOn.org people’ are not ‘real people.’ 2010
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January 23rd, 2010 at 6: 23 pm dbadass says: ralph is the Octomom of Think Progress.
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Severe says: ralph is the Octomom of Think Progress.
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Thank all the gods of all the folks that belief in gods! ralph is here. ralph my friend can you please deal with this so I can get on with getting outside?
Think Progress » Gays Are More Dangerous Than Guns In Florida 2010
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Near as I can tell ralph is a normal well adjusted culturally literate decent fellow.
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Severe says: ralph is the Octomom of Think Progress.
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Click to read. ralph is the Octomom of Think Progress.
madmouth commented on the word ralph
better even than 'fanny' as a common word. there's an obscene pleasure in piling such a meaning onto an innocent name.
"watch out, man! I'm gonna ralph"
August 24, 2009
bilby commented on the word ralph
What's it mean?
August 24, 2009
Telofy commented on the word ralph
"to pray to the porcelain god" (regurgitate)
August 24, 2009
bilby commented on the word ralph
Thanks, telo! For better or for worse I have a list for this :-7
August 24, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word ralph
Though, let it be said, fanny does not mean the same thing in the U.K./Australia as it does in the U.S.
*found out the hard way*
August 24, 2009
bilby commented on the word ralph
Mortgage lender indeed! I'm not putting my money in there.
August 24, 2009
yarb commented on the word ralph
It's brilliant because it's onomatopoeic. Rrrr-alphph!
August 25, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word ralph
True. That's also why Buick means the same thing.
August 25, 2009
madmouth commented on the word ralph
hee!
August 25, 2009