Definition of "rep"

Clean up your rep, your story's gettin' dusty / Wash out your mouth, your lies are gettin' rusty

1970, “Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter”, in Alline Bullock (lyrics), Workin’ Together, performed by Ike & Tina Turner

Remember. I got a rep to protect, OK, Shakespeare?

1982, Ken Finkleman, Grease 2, spoken by Johnny Nogerelli (Adrian Zmed)

An upcoming problem to be thrashed out at a meeting of diskery reps and execs of the American Federation of Radio Artists (AFRA), is the degree of AFRA's jurisdictional claim over singers on records.

1950 October 28, “Diskers, AFRA Puzzle Singer Jurisdictions”, in Billboard, page 13

This was the first episode of Degrassi I saw, and it was a formative episode. Why, might you ask? Not only because in 2003, there, again, wasn't much gay rep, but because of this interaction at the end of the episode that I stumbled upon, […]

2022 February, Kosoko Jackson, “Please, Sir, Can I Have Some More: How Bread Crumbs of Queer Characters in Entertainment Helped Me Establish My Own Sense of Self”, in Jessica P. Pryde, editor, Black Love Matters: Real Talk on Romance, Being Seen, and Happily Ever Afters, New York, NY: Berkley, pages 144–145

But for those looking for movies that have pronounced and meaningful queer rep, it might be best to shift focus over to smaller Summer 2022 titles like Neptune Frost, which deliver vibrant and righteous queer energy in every frame.

2022 August 6, Douglas Laman, “How Did Summer 2022 Become the Summer of Blink-and-You-Miss-'Em Queers?”, in Collider‎

[…] and Henry Riser is still waiting for official casualty reps and family info on Doug Wheless.

1993, United States Military Academy. Association of Graduates, Assembly, volumes 52, issues 1-3, page 149

A shell report, or "shell rep," was supposed to be sent in by any man who witnessed the fall of enemy artillery fire.

1996, Don Congdon, Combat World War II, volume 1, page 531

Bentley, the man who repped for Slade, carried the air and the rest joined in.

1922, Hal G. Evarts, The Settling of the Sage‎

He left to help the Reader set up its national advertising arm, went back to Rolling Stone for five years, repped other magazines, and finally set up his own company, which currently scouts ads for the Atlantic, Spin, Discover, and a publication called Disney Adventures.

1994 November 4, Bill Wyman, “Evanston's New Music Hall/Veruca Salt Grow Up/Schmitsville”, in Chicago Reader‎

Last year, Olivia famously went full-2000s at a Grammys after-party she attended with Paris Hilton, where she repped a bright blue butterfly dress featuring a plunging neckline and dramatic ruffles. Now, for her latest look, she's gone and repped another recognisable combination: silk trousers and a leather boob tube.

2023 March 3, Natasha Harding, “Olivia Rodrigo's leather boob tube will transport you back to 2001”, in Cosmopolitan‎

As for her beauty look, the Jennifer’s Body star had dyed her long tresses a burnt-orange shade, and styled them slightly curled at the ends and down across her shoulders. She also repped a bubblegum-pink manicure with an abstract black design.

2023 May 19, Chelsey Sanchez, “Megan Fox Makes Her Red-Carpet Comeback in a Body-Sculpting Sheer Gown”, in Harper's Bazaar‎

Rep neck dec EOR 4 times more, AND AT THE SAME TIME, rep armhole dec EOR 4 (4,5) times more

2011, Hannah Fettig, Closely Knit: Handmade Gifts For The Ones You Love‎, page 44

Underfoot is a rich brown marble from the shores of Lake Champlain. The wainscoting is of green rep and red Numidian marble.

1923, Theodore Dreiser, The Color of a Great City, New York: Boni & Liveright

It was decorated in […] horsehair and red rep curtains[.]

1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1965, page 60

I toted a (rather fetching) $100 Gucci 1955 Horsebit rep through a vacation across Europe […]

2023 May 4, Amy X. Wang, Grant Cornett, “Inside the Delirious Rise of ‘Superfake’ Handbags”, in The New York Times‎