Meanings
- InternethumorousUsed to express sympathy over a loss, setback, or difficulty.
Ripperoni to all the bartenders working NYE
2025 December 29, fukgirl, Reddit2 more examples
and pink diamond has been shattered, so ripperoni to that theory
2017 July 24, Accelracers7, RedditAfter a final individual comment outside the reverse meme thread—"ripperoni Hans Rott #neverforget"—the memeing ends.
2025, Sverker Hyltén-Cavallius, “Memeing Together: Performance, Competence, and Collective Creativity in Digital Folklore”, in Anthony Bak Buccitelli, Solimar Otero, editors, Emerging Perspectives in the Study of Folklore and Performance, page 152
Origin
Blend of RIP (“rest in peace”) + pepperoni.
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