rah

Etymology 1

Clipping of hurrah

intj

1. An exclamation of encouragement.
   Not so very long ago, a row of docile cheerleaders would say, “rah, rah, rah, sis-boombah”—maybe a leg would kick up into the air, perhaps a jump under the cheerleader's own power. 2011, Kern Alexander, M. David Alexander, American Public School Law, page 668

noun

1. (Britain, informal) A person (especially a student) with a posh accent who looks down on those who are "common".
   I didn't need to make a mental note not to follow their advice: like every other pretentious foreigner from the gap year rahs to the retired yoga addicts, I had no intention of stepping into a shopping centre. I was going to discover the real India. 2012, Helen Pidd, Letter from India: it's no easy matter being a woman looking for a decent drink in Delhi: The Guardian

adj

1. (Britain, informal) Posh.
   The June 2020 protest at which the Bristol slave-trader and philanthropist’s statue was brought down was a BLM protest. But none of the defendants were black. Rather, as you can tell from their names (including Milo Ponsford and Sage Willoughby) they were almost comically typical of a certain rah, right-on Bristol type. 9 December 2021, “Boris Johnson has utterly failed to back up his anti-woke rhetoric with action”, in The Sunday Telegraph

Etymology 2

Clipping of rhatid

intj

1. (MLE) An expression of surprise.
   He’s like, “Shut up, man. Whatever man. Skip, man, was a shot.” And I’m like, “Rah, this is a bit of a weird reaction?” 2019 June 6, Skepta, quoted in “Skepta opens up about becoming a father and enduring two heartbreaking miscarriages” by Narjas Zatat, Metro
2. (MLE) An expression of admiration.
   Target bought the tape round, I listened to it and I was like, ‘Rah, this is sick, this kid is so sick’. 2016, Wiley, quoted in This Is Grime by Hattie Collins and Olivia Rose, Hachette UK, page 145
3. (MLE) An expression of frustration or anger.
   I was daydreaming, smoking weed out the curtain / Looking at my baby like rah, I'm just a burden 2016, Big Narstie (lyrics), “Fire In The Booth (Part 3)”, performed by Big Narstie on BBC Radio 1Xtra