What a rip-off

Posted by R. Berg on September 10, 2005

In Reply to: What a rip-off posted by Lola on September 09, 2005

: Could you tell me the origins of the idiom "What a rip-off!" please?

I first heard "ripoff" in the 1960s as U.S. hippie slang. It was a popular word then. It's not in the 1960 edition of the Dictionary of American Slang.

• What a rip-off Smokey Stover 10/September/05
  • What a rip-off R. Berg 10/September/05