In social networks (and in the real world), the abbreviation RIP is found in comments or entries on the death of famous people. Why do they write this, and what does it mean?
The inscription rip is an abbreviation that stands for Rest in Peace, which means "rest in peace."
History
Initially, the expression was introduced into use by Catholics and Protestants, using the Latin requiescat in pace, which literally means "may rest in peace." Later appeared the English version of rest in peace. The expression is found in obituaries, on tombstones, and at the mention of the recently deceased in Western Christian culture. The phrase is the end of the prayer that the deceased should rest in peace in anticipation of the Day of Judgment. The spelling usually uses the RIP option instead of rip.
Modernity
Gamers often use the word rip as a synonym for the word "dead."
Nowadays, the use of the abbreviation rip has become more frequent, with or without. This is due to the widespread prevalence of social networks and the fact that adolescents take an example from foreign colleagues. In America and Europe, rip is an extremely popular news commentary / post about someone else’s death.
