Ripper is the slang term for a type of hot dog. the name derives from a hot dog which is deep fried in oil, which sometimes causes the casing to burst, or "rip"."rippers" were featured in the travel channel special "deep fried paradise" and served as a major plot point in a first-season episode of the internet serial "ripster's" which centers on the pennsylvania tavern of the same name that serves a similar type of hot dog.

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