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minus-squareDiddlydee@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·5 days agoFrom the verb ‘rock’ meaning to move back and forth, and usually means arriving late or unannounced. It came from rock n roll in the 60s. Before that it was common to say ‘roll up’.
minus-squareJokeDeity@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 days agoOh weird, Americans stuck with the roll and Europeans went with the rock. 😂
minus-squarephotonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-25 days agoBrits don’t like to be associated with the European rabble 😬
From the verb ‘rock’ meaning to move back and forth, and usually means arriving late or unannounced. It came from rock n roll in the 60s. Before that it was common to say ‘roll up’.
Oh weird, Americans stuck with the roll and Europeans went with the rock. 😂
Brits don’t like to be associated with the European rabble 😬