rah-rah

adjective

ˈrä-(ˌ)rä How to pronounce rah-rah (audio)
ˈrȯ-(ˌ)rȯ
: marked by the enthusiastic expression of college spirit
rah-rah cheerleaders

Examples of rah-rah in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web There was also a black tabard, which isn’t a million miles away from the first piece Trotter ever made: a tank top to wear to a Madonna concert with a rah-rah skirt. Julia Hobbs, Vogue, 17 July 2024 That doesn’t get the ratings that the rah-rah shows get. Essence, 7 July 2024 That’s fine: Miracle is one of those rare rah-rah movies that deeply, genuinely earns its U!S!A! U!S!A! spirit, presenting us with a collection of blue-collar kids working together to raise the nation’s morale. Will Leitch, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2024 His supporters confuse the rah-rah motivation to an enthusiastic, self-congratulatory persona for a job well done. Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2024 He was hired in part to inject relentless rah-rah into a franchise that hasn’t reached the playoffs since 2014. Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024 Related Stories In probably the most rah-rah American movie of recent years, 2022’s Top Gun: Maverick, the foreign enemy with a uranium enrichment plant that needs bombing was identified with vague allusions at best, just as the enemy was in the sequel’s progenitor, 36 years earlier. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Apr. 2024 Nolan didn’t need to launch into a self-indulgent monologue or provide a rah-rah motivational speech. Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2024 Fresh off winning a national championship with the University of Michigan, Harbaugh’s comments and responses to questions Thursday sometimes sounded like the kind of rah-rah clichés that work better at the college level than with older, experienced pros. Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024

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Word History

Etymology

reduplication of rah

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of rah-rah was in 1896

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“Rah-rah.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rah-rah. Accessed 13 Sep. 2024.

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