RIP

Phrase · Slang & Abbreviations

Definitions

  1. Short for 'rest in peace,' used jokingly or dramatically when a system, process, metric, or hope has clearly died. In tech it is often dark humor rather than literal mourning.

    In plain English: A joking way to say something is dead or finished.

    Example: "RIP staging database, you were dropped in service of a typo."

Related Terms