Currently playing a video game and a NPC called me this. It’s a pre-boomer term as I’ve always known. So, I thought it’d be fun to see who gets close to the definition.

Based entirely on trust-

Without googling it, wtf is a rap scallion?

EDIT: For clarification, I know it means onery and rambunctious youth, but what is it derived from. Like the origin of the term.

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    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.