RIP
Routing information protocol, a dynamic routing protocol used in local and wide area networks.
Interjection
- Initialism of requiescat in pace, requiescant in pace, or rest in peace (a blessing or expression of hope that a deceased person is at peace).
- RIP, Pope Francis.
- 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...
- To be clear, there’s no reason to hate the actual Harambe. After the silverback gorilla was shot and killed at the Cincinnati Zoo in 2016, people used “RIP Harambe” to… comment on the irony of why we mourn animals but...
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(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.
- 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 24, u/5hrs4hrs3hrs2hrs1mor, “What is something that disappeared after the...
- Damn my stream was lit lol rip to my twitch days YouTube here I come - 2022 October 27, @cblu80, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2024:
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(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.
- RIP your wood floors if he drops that like my dog drops bones. - 2020 August 10, u/WhyYouLikeCats, “This good boy carries a 30-pound weight everywhere he goes as his toy”, in Reddit, r/interestingasfuck, archived from...
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(slang, loosely) Expressing mild disappointment or embarrassment.
- I applied to dozens of companies and didn't get a single job offer, RIP.
- Oops I slipped and posted some of my art rip - 2022 February 7, @Bakunawaart, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 Jun 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 - 2022 October 2, @BDClownFarm, Twitter, archived from the original on...
- Initialism of rest in piss.
- Initialism of rest in power.
Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin RIP (requiescat in pace) and an initialism of rest in peace.
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Proper noun
- Routing information protocol, a dynamic routing protocol used in local and wide area networks.
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Noun Entry 3
- Repeat-induced point mutation, a process by which both copies of duplicated sequences are mutated.
- 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. -...
- 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...
- 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). - 2003 April 24, James...
Origin
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).
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Noun government, law enforcement
- Initialism of reduction in pay.
- […] recommended as punishment a 55-day RIP (reduction in pay) but was overruled by higher authorities […] - 1972, New York Magazine, volume 5, number 5, page 32:
- 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...
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Noun biology, natural sciences
- Initialism of ribosome-inactivating protein.