rantfest

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noun

An episode of intense ranting.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

nounrantfest (plural rantfests)

plural rantfests

  1. informalAn episode of intense ranting.

    [devolves into a 9-paragraph racist rantfest, most of it snipped]

    2021 July 28, kensi, “Cryptocurrency May Wreak Havoc on Economy — Especially on People With No Assets”, in talk.politics.guns (Usenet)
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    Travidiot's opinions viable? Only to those who are trolling to help spread his little rantfest even wider than it would be spread under normal (for Travidiot, anyway) circumstances.

    2000 April 1, Patrick L. Humphrey, “"Shoot-The-Queers!"”, in austin.general (Usenet)

    The newsgroup, alt.politics.economics is a cross between a zoo and a jungle. I'd say most of what passes for conversation is along the lines of Republican anti-Democrat bashing, and vice versa. Rantfests and ventfests. Ordinarily purposeless and meaningless.

    2010 March 7, Me, ...again!, “datum for dead professor...”, in sci.research.careers (Usenet)

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APA

rantfest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rantfest

MLA

“rantfest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rantfest. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rantfest,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rantfest.

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