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rap scallion

That's a hip-hop vegetable. You mean "rapscallion."

It's a type of onion that was especially stinky and hard to cook with, then it turned into an insult for rambunctious youth

A rake, a knave, a cur, a lout, a scoundrel.

As far as etymology, it's derived from "rascallion", the long form of "rascal", which itself is derived from the French term "rascaille", which refers to a mob.

A dastardly sort of fellow

it's a green onion, with flow.

A scallion, skilled in freestyle hip-hop

I got called this by an old guy back when i was a kid in the 90s. Im assuming it means cunt or something like that

Edit: Im in australia, everything means cunt at some point

Well, I'm pretty sure it's just one word for starters.

I've always read 'rapscallion' as a sort of youthful miscreant: an almost gender-neutral mildly negative label applied to a person lacking the wisdom of age who is engaged with some slightly rebellious activity.

The word died about the time of ww2, when most of those erstwhile rapscallions became war veterans or casualties.

He's the vegan in a trio with the Rhymenoceros and the Hiphopopotamus.

A ne'er-do-well scalliwag of the utmost miscreant order.

There was a travelling circus that had a lion, and during its performances they noticed it did much better if they played certain kinds of music. This lion was into rap and ska, so they called it rap-ska-lion and rapscallion describes its personality.

A knave.

A cheeky fucker

It's a type of onion that was especially stinky and hard to cook with, then it turned into an insult for rambunctious youth

It's a type of onion that was especially stinky and hard to cook with, then it turned into an insult for rambunctious youth

I'm almost certain it's a fancification of the word rascal. Like some dude in 1750 said 'what's rascal short for?' and his quick witted friend said rapscallion and yada yada now it's a word.

Someone who likes rapping but also ska and has a fursona of a lion.

Obviously.

One word. Rapscallion.

It's a general insult, like 'low life' or creep' or 'sleazoid.'

An untrustworthy knave.

A step above a skallywag.

For the origin of the word, I'm guessing it either has something to do with bad breath, or is a repurposed term from another language, likely mispronounced or misunderstood by English speakers.

I always thought it was Rab Scalliron who was a famous Glaswegian prankster from the 1700's

A rascal. Someone who causes mischief, but in a mostly harmless way. It's not evil and greed, that motivates them, it's more like trolling.