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minus-squareDiddlydee@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·7 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-up5·7 days agoOh weird, Americans stuck with the roll and Europeans went with the rock. 😂
minus-squarephotonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-27 days agoBrits don’t like to be associated with the European rabble 😬
minus-squareklemptor@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoThat’s not exclusively British.
minus-squareJokeDeity@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoNearby? I’ve only heard it from people in that general region before.
Why do Brits say “rocking up”?
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 😬
That’s not exclusively British.
No idea but I’m not British
Nearby? I’ve only heard it from people in that general region before.
Opposite hemisphere 🙃