Ripper

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Ripper may refer to:

  • Jack the Ripper, a pseudonym given to an unidentified serial killer (or killers) active in the largely impoverished Whitechapel area and adjacent districts of London in the latter half of 1888.
  • The Yorkshire Ripper, the serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, who killed thirteen women in Yorkshire during the 1970s.
  • Brandon Vedas, a man who died of drug overdose on IRC.
  • CD ripper, a piece of software that reads compact discs and extracts audio data and stores it in an audio format computer file
  • John the Ripper, a password cracking tool
  • A slater's tool with a blade and a hook, used for removing broken slate

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[edit] Other Uses

  • Used as slang in Eastern Canada, particularly the Maritime provinces, to describe individuals who are recklessly carefree, and who often use drugs or engage in petty crime.
  • Used as slang to describe strippers or exotic dancers.
  • Another name for a tool for stripping or peeling surfaces.
  • Used as slang in Northeastern United States as doing a large line of cocaine.
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