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In some senses, r-bomb is marked as slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.
r-bomb
verb 2noun 1
Collocations
3ADJ.
racist
VERB + R-BOMB
diffusing, dropping
R-BOMB + NOUN
e, reproduction, way
Definitions
verb
1
To leave someone's text message on read without replying.
Being r-bombed is roughhh
"Joe," Juan said. "You been r-bombing me." ¶ He turned around and faced Juan. ¶ "Not me," he said. "Dad's got my phone. Wants to know what I'm into."
noun
1
Any of various shocking or offensive words starting with the letter R.
The thirty minutes between her dropping the R-bomb [i.e., reproduction] and the bell for the end of the lesson dragged by with glacial slowness. She might as well not have been there, she felt, for all the attention that was paid.
When White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel said a group of liberal activists were "fucking retarded," he was roundly condemned for dropping an R-bomb that way.
verb
1
Alternative form of R-bomb.
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Being r-bombed is roughhh
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"Joe," Juan said. "You been r-bombing me." ¶ He turned around and faced Juan. ¶ "Not me," he said. "Dad's got my phone. Wants to know what I'm into."
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When you leave a message as "read," but you don't reply, you've just R-bombed someone, and that's not very nice.
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The thirty minutes between her dropping the R-bomb [i.e., reproduction] and the bell for the end of the lesson dragged by with glacial slowness. She might as well not have been there, she felt, for al
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When White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel said a group of liberal activists were "fucking retarded," he was roundly condemned for dropping an R-bomb that way.
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Cancer, John Mayer and "Please Don't Call Me Racist": Diffusing the R-Bomb
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