The Devil's Dictionary: R.i.p.
Updated May 14, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
R.I.P.
A careless abbreviation of requiescat in pace, attesting to indolent goodwill to the dead. According to the learned Dr. Drigge, however, the letters originally meant nothing more than reductus in pulvis.
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