• Diddlydee@feddit.uk
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    22 days ago

    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’.

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      22 days ago

      Oh weird, Americans stuck with the roll and Europeans went with the rock. 😂