Green’s Dictionary of Slang

rip and tear v.¹

to swear.

1850		W.C. Hall ‘Mike Hooter’s Bar Story’ Spirit of the Times 26 Jan. (N.Y.) 581: There was Ike a rarin’ an’ er pitchin’ – rippin’ an’ er tarrin’ – an’ er cussin’ wus nor a steamboat captain! I tell you it farly made my har’ stand on eend!
1855		L. Oliphant Minnesota and the Far West 278: We can speak our minds over here; we can blaspheme, and profane, and rip, and snort, jest as we’ve a mind to.
1972		Dodson & Saczek Dict. of Cockney Rhy. Sl.
1992		R. Puxley Cockney Rabbit.
2002		B. Kirkpatrick Wicked Cockney Rhy. Sl.