rapey

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English

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Etymology

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From rape +‎ -y.

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Adjective

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rapey (comparative more rapey or rapier, superlative most rapey or rapiest)

  1. (informal) Sexually aggressive or inappropriate in a way that causes fear or unease.
  2. (informal) Suggestive of, or characterised by, rape.
    This song is pretty rapey if you think about the lyrics.
    • 2011, Tyler DeAngelo, Brad Emmett, Learn Just Enough to Get Laid, page 157:
      If this all sounds a bit “rapey,” that's only because there were different standards of morality back in the days of Greek mythology.
    • 2016, Sunil Yapa, Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist:
      Because this is a man, let's say you're on a date and some guy comes out of the alley with a knife and a rapey kind of vibe.

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