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.

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