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rah-rah
[rah-rah]
adjective
marked by or expressive of ardently enthusiastic spirit.
a group of rah-rah undergraduates; a rah-rah attitude.
rah-rah
/ ˈɑːˌɑː /
adjective
informallike or marked by boisterous and uncritical enthusiasm and excitement
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of rah-rah1
Example Sentences
The spectacle offered a rah-rah turning-of-the-page on last year’s graduation controversy at USC.
Celebrity actors and showrunners who strayed from the rah-rah government line, or who broached third-rail topics such as Assad’s security forces’ culpability in atrocities, found themselves attacked, blacklisted or even forced into exile.
Fox Business correspondent Charlie Gasparino told his rah-rah colleagues to tone down the celebration of Trump's deal-making.
He was hired in part to inject relentless rah-rah into a franchise that hasn’t reached the playoffs since 2014.
Fresh off winning a national championship with the University of Michigan, Harbaugh’s comments and responses to questions Thursday sometimes sounded like the kind of rah-rah clichés that work better at the college level than with older, experienced pros.
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When To Use
Rah-rah is an adjective used to describe an enthusiastic attitude or spirit or actions motivated by such spirit. It often implies that someone is cheering on supporting something in an uncritical or overly enthusiastic way.It’s especially associated with sports. The term is based on the word rah, which is shouted as a cheer, typically by cheerleaders or fans at sporting events. (Rah is used in traditional cheers like rah, rah, sis boom bah).Example: His rah-rah attitude about the company has prevented him from seeing its flaws.
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