Dictionary of Playground Slang (Online)

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rape
012

(1) The act of removing an item of girls clothing (usu. a cardigan or coat) against her will.

(2) The act of grasping or holding a girl (usu. by the arm) and attempting to touch other parts of her with a spare hand. (ed: we do not endorse in any way the sexual harrassment of females or males!)

Source: UK (SE)
raps
n.

Punishment, in which one person's clenched fist is held out and 'rapped' with a deck of cards until blistering/bleeding occurs.

Source: UK (NE)
rat arsed
adj.

State of utter inebriation. Drunk as a skink!

Source: circa 1970's, UK
rats arse
colloq.

Term used to add emphasis to a statement, usually used with negative connotations, for example "She cried for an hour when I dumped her but she'd pissed me off so much I really couldn't give a rats arse about her!".

Source: circa 1970's onwards, UK (Wal.)
rattle
012

Early form of birth control. The idea being that the girl stands against a wall, the boy stands on a box of marbles. They begin to have sex. When the box starts to rattle the girl kicks the box away,

Source: circa 1960's, UK (Wal.)
razor
n.

Stylish Another word for stylish is 'sharp', so razor implies someone extra sharp.

Source: USA
razz, out on the...
n.

Out in public looking for a partner (male or female). On the 'pull'.

See also: pull
real mint
n.

Great, good to look at, fine looking.

Source: CAN
rear gunner
n.

Homosexual.

Source: circa 1980's, UK
rebel
adj.

Screamed out sarcastically with lengthened vowels when someone does something destructive in order to act "hard" but in actual fact looks quite the opposite doing it.

Source: circa 2000 UK (Scot)
rec, the rec reccy
abbr.

Recreation ground.

Source: UK
rectal alpinist
n.

Hard at it avid arse licker tongue tickling your navel from the inside.

(ed: anyone like to explain please?)

Source: circa current, AUS
rectum ranger (... raider)
n.

Homosexual.

See also: rump ranger
Source: UK
red head
adj.

(1) Person with ginger hair.

(2) A passionate person who is spontaneous and gets enraged easily.

Source: circa 1940's onwards, USA, UK
red river
n.

Amusement in which you tell your victim a story, and walk your fingers up his lower arm in the process, according to events in the story. You also rub, nip, punch, etc. his arm when events require it, and it ends up red.

e.g. A boy goes to the zoo with his dad (walk fingers up arm twice).
He says, "Dad, can I take a hippopotamus home?"
No! Yes! No! Yes! (Stab inside of elbow for each word)
So he brings the hippopotamus home (rub hand down arm)

Repeat with going to the seaside, taking a crab home, and nipping instead of rubbing for the last line. Then repeat with anything your imagination can conjure up, until the victim's arm is sufficiently red or you get fed up.

Source: circa 1970s, UK (NE)
red route
adj.

Menstruation. Usually used in second person as in "She can't do anything tonight (i.e. sex) she's red route.". Quite common to be used in consultations with patients in A&E.

Q: Is it possible you could be Pregnant?
A: No i'm red route.

Source: circa 1980's +, UK
red wings
n.

Award given by the Hell's Angels motorcycle club to ones who give oral sex to a women who either 1) has her period on him or 2) gets her "cherry popped".

Source: circa 1950's, UK
redneck
n.

Insulting term for someone from "deep south" of USA so by extension anyone who you think is uneducated and possibly engaged to their brother/sister *(just like his/her mother/father).

Source: UK (W)
reeb
n.

Beer. Reversing the word is supposed to provide a disguise for it, especially around adults,

Source: circa 2003, UK
reggae
n.

A fart. Derived from the phrase Eggy Grunt (Eddie Grant)

See also: air biscuit.