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rah

rah

4 9.9
A young person from a rich family who likes to show off with expensive clothes
  • noun
  • /rɑː/
  • Slang
translation icon : pijo (España)
  • The party was full of rahs who flaunted their designer clothes and talked about their latest vacations.
  • a rah-rah guy
  • rah-rah stuff
  • a rah-rah type

Most people saw the young rah, rah, rah rah.

Examples

  • Everyone knew he was a rah based on his trendy outfits and upper-class manners.

  • As a rah, she always attended the best events and social gatherings in town.

  • Moreover, he loved the game and was a real rah-rah type guy who was always encouraging everyone else.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • You don't seem like the rah-rah type.

    Jurassic City (2015)

  • Having a rah-rah attitude in the workplace has its advantages.

    Blog text (5)

  • Joe's big rah-rah to the troops.

    Obsessed (2009)

  • Rah-rahs aside, it's clear Jones has decided not to be bitter about the way he was ousted.

    Blog text (7)

  • She didn't notice rah-rahs like me.

    The Outsider (1997)

Synonyms

nobby
vsrah
  • UK
9.9

A person who dresses stylishly to show wealth or high social class

refers specifically to a young upper-class person in Britain

Antonyms

commoner
31 4.2

A person without a noble title who is an ordinary member of society

How Posh

posh
  • Informal
38 6.9
rah
  • Slang
4 9.9
preppy
  • US
6 7.7
well-dressed
29 2.4

Surface Forms

rah singular
rahs plural

Etymology

Rah as a noun comes from the same student slang for upper-class students and may be connected to the loud, showy sound rah-rah people use to stand out. So a rah is easy to remember as a young person who acts and dresses in a 'showy' or wealthy way.