rape ape

noun

Etymology

From rape + ape, chosen for the rhyme.

  1. derived from *h₂ep-
  2. inherited from *apô
  3. inherited from *apō
  4. inherited from apa
  5. inherited from ape
  6. compounded as rape ape — “rape + ape

Definitions

  1. A suspected black male rapist.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for rape ape. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA