The Outsiders: Vocabulary Blog 2
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
rip-roaring
exciting and full of energy
1834, altered from riproarious (1830), from rip (v.) "tear apart" + (up)roarious (1819)
Paul had a rip-roaring time on his trip to Japan.
Chen Guan Yu 1-4
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