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A.Word.A.Day--ripsnorter ripsnorter (RIP-snor-tuhr) noun Something or someone remarkably outstanding. [Formed from rip + snort.] Tom Gliatto; Leah Rozen; Jeff Schnaufer, Picks & Pans: Screen., People, 12-16-1996, pp 23+. "Dern's reply, though unprintable, is a ribald ripsnorter." X-Bonus No man is a hero to his valet. -Anne Bigot Cornuel

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