refrain

In a song, a verse that is repeated regularly and often. Applicable to anything repeated with frequency and regularity.Also to avoid taking an action, usually with some conflict.



Refrain
To stop. Often followed by 'from'. 'Refrain' is usually used when speaking about human action.
Example:
"Please refrain from using your cell phone in the restaurant, ma'am."

Normally he would have made a Tom Arnold joke at a moment like that, but he was able to refrain from doing so.


refraining order
A refraining order is when someone tells you not to say something to someone other than yourself.
Example:
Suzy: You better not comment on my sister's fat ass again. You're under a temporary 'refraining order' until we leave her house.
Jimmy: Yes dear.


Bop-type Refrain
An extremely esoteric nickname for cocaine. In the original lyrics to the Cole Porter classic showtune "I Get a Kick Out of You", the second verse begins is "Some get a kick from cocaine". As the years passed, that was changed to "Some like the bop-type refrain" so kids could continue to put on "Anything Goes" as a high-school musical.

People aware of this, wanting to demonstrate their cultural refinement and speak about cocaine, all while avoiding eavesdroppers and self-incrimination, replace the technical name of their drug of choice with "Bop-type Refrain" (or simply "Bop-type", though the later option brings with it a tremendous risk of losing your audience.)
Example:
Chris: I'm sick of referring to cocaine as "yatch". It's gone too mainstream.
Kevin: How about "Bop-type Refrain"?
Chris: What the - oh, I get it. I didn't know you were a devotee of musical theater.
Kevin: Eh, I know the Sinatra version.


Refrain Rubbing Ramadan
It's basically the same as No Nut November

Except that it is created for people who is fasting in the holy month of Ramadan

The deed is for the people to abstain from masturbation or pornography during the whole month of ramadan
Example:
My friends have been going with Refrain rubbing ramadan for 2 days now


redial refrain
The rapid little multi-note musical ditty that you hear when you press "redial" on a touch-tone phone.
Example:
I got a busy signal for three quarters of an hour before I finally got through to a live person in customer service --- here's a case where I am indeed glad dat my phone has auto-redial, but I got soooo tired of hearing dat 0%!$&#@ 11-note redial refrain over and over every half-minute!


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