Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. Slang To vomit.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An alleged or imagined evil spirit who does mischief in a printing-house.
- n. A familiar name of the raven, Corvus corax.
Wiktionary
- v. To vomit.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A name sometimes given to the raven.
Etymologies
- Imitative use of the personal name Ralph.
Examples
“Near as I can tell ralph is a normal well adjusted culturally literate decent fellow.”
“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
“Severe says: ralph is the Octomom of Think Progress.”
“January 23rd, 2010 at 6: 23 pm dbadass says: ralph is the Octomom of Think Progress.”
“Click to read. ralph is the Octomom of Think Progress.”
“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.’
“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.
“FVNY says: ralph, is Big John a real American or a TP intern?”
“Hoodathunk (sponsored by Scroomall Health Corp) says: ralph, is Big John a real American or a TP intern?”
“I wonder if its because he thinks ralph is really a llama and he has a thing for animals?”
Think Progress » CNN poll: 47 percent of Americans want to repeal health care reform.
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘ralph’.
madmouth hee! Aug 25, 2009
chained_bear True. That's also why Buick means the same thing. Aug 24, 2009
yarb It's brilliant because it's onomatopoeic. Rrrr-alphph! Aug 24, 2009
bilby Mortgage lender indeed! I'm not putting my money in there. Aug 24, 2009
chained_bear 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* Aug 24, 2009
bilby Thanks, telo! For better or for worse I have a list for this :-7 Aug 24, 2009
Telofy "to pray to the porcelain god" (regurgitate) Aug 24, 2009
bilby What's it mean? Aug 24, 2009
madmouth 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" Aug 24, 2009