R-rated
English
Etymology
R + rated. The R-rating (short for restricted) is part of the rating scale used by the U.S. film rating authority.
Adjective
R-rated (not comparable)
- (US, film) Of a motion picture, suitable only for adults.
- 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games
- In movie terms, it suggests Paul Verhoeven in Robocop/Starship Troopers mode, an R-rated bloodbath where the grim spectacle of children murdering each other on television is bread-and-circuses for the age of reality TV, enforced by a totalitarian regime to keep the masses at bay.
- 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games
- (by extension) Suitable for adults, especially due to involving excessive sexual, violent, or rude content
- 2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)
- A day’s notes are routinely R-rated. “Usually tense relationships are moderated by ritualized greetings and a genital grab,” she said.
- 2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)
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