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rib:
1. A wife . See wife for synonyms. QUOTE: Captain Francis Grose. Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1811): ' A wife : an allusion to our common mother Eve, made out of Adam's rib. A crooked-rib : a cross-grained wife .'
2. In teenspeak, a girl .
3. Street name for Rohypnol , a sleeping pill marketed in Mexico, South America, Europe and Asia by Roche Pharmaceuticals and which is reportedly quickly becoming the date-rape drug of choice because when taken in combination with alcohol it causes disinhibition and blackouts lasting 8 to 24 hours. It is also known on the street as: Forget-Pill / La-Roche / Lunch-Money / Mexican-Valium / Pappas / R-2 / Rib / Roaches / Roachies / Roche / Roofies / Rope / Rophies / Ruffies / RZ : in Australia it is sold as Stupefi ; journalists have called it The Quaalude of the '90s.
4. To tease ; to make fun of.
See Also: bone xylophone, Forget Pill, La Roche, little woman, the, Lunch Money, Mexican Valium, Pappas, penis femineus, penis equivalent, Quaalude of the '90s, the, R-2, Roaches, Roachies, Roche, Roofies, Rophies, Rope, Ruffies, RZ, rib,
Quotes Containing rib:
Oscar Farrar (Oscar Levant) in Romance on the High Seas (1948): ''To think we gave up a perfectly good rib!''
Oscar Farrar (Oscar Levant) in Romance on the High Seas (1948): ''To think we gave up a perfectly good rib!''
Oscar Farrar (Oscar Levant) in Romance on the High Seas (1948): ''To think we gave up a perfectly good rib!''
Adam Bonner (Spencer Tracy) to his wife Amanda (Katharine Hepburn) in Adam's Rib (1949): 'I'm old-fashioned , I like two sexes. '
Adam Bonner (Spencer Tracy) to his wife Amanda (Katharine Hepburn) in Adam''s Rib (1949): ''Here we go again, the old juice . Guaranteed heartbreaker . A few female tears. Stronger than any acid. But this time it won''t work .''
Adam Bonner (Spencer Tracy) to his wife Amanda (Katharine Hepburn) in Adam''s Rib (1949): ''Here we go again, the old juice . Guaranteed heartbreaker . A few female tears. Stronger than any acid. But this time it won''t work .''
Adam Bonner (Spencer Tracy) to his wife Amanda (Katharine Hepburn) in Adam''s Rib (1949): ''Here we go again, the old juice . Guaranteed heartbreaker . A few female tears. Stronger than any acid. But this time it won''t work .''
The three biddies talking about Ben Stone (Michael J. Fox) in Doc Hollywod (1991): ''Maybe he ain''t found his Adam''s rib yet. Maybe he indulges in the love that dare not speaks its name.''
''I don''t know what the Good Lord was about when he made a female out of a perfectly good rib .'' John Fraser (Ward Bond) to Captain Chris Holden (Gary Cooper) in Unconquered (1947)
John Fraser (Ward Bond) to Captain Chris Holden (Gary Cooper) in Unconquered (1947): 'I don't know what the Good Lord was about when he made a female out of a perfectly good rib .'
John Fraser (Ward Bond) to Captain Chris Holden (Gary Cooper) in Unconquered (1947): ''I don''t know what the Good Lord was about when he made a female out of a perfectly good rib .''
John Fraser (Ward Bond) to Captain Chris Holden (Gary Cooper) in Unconquered (1947): 'I don't know what the Good Lord was about when he made a female out of a perfectly good rib .'
Amanda Bonner (Katharine Hepburn), a lawyer in Adam''s Rib (1949): ''For years women have been ridiculed, pampered, tucked under the chin. I ask you on behalf of us all, be fair to the fair-sex .''
Amanda Bonner (Katharine Hepburn) and husband Adam (Spencer Tracy) in Adam's Rib (1949): - Amanda : 'There is no difference between the sexes. Men, women, the same.' - Adam : 'They are, hum?' - Amanda : 'Well, maybe there is a difference but it's a little difference.' - Adam : 'Well you know what the French say.' - Amanda : 'What do they say?' - Adam : 'Vive la diffrence.' - Amanda : 'Which means?' - Adam : 'Which means: Hooray for that little difference.'
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