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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. Slang To vomit.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. An alleged or imagined evil spirit who does mischief in a printing-house.
  2. n. A familiar name of the raven, Corvus corax.

Wiktionary

  1. v. slang To vomit.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A name sometimes given to the raven.

Etymologies

  1. Imitative use of the personal name Ralph. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • 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

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