Comment on uhhh overleaf you say

JokeDeity@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• Diddlydee@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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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  • JokeDeity@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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

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    • photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Brots don’t like to be associated with the European rabble 😬

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• klemptor@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  That’s not exclusively British.

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• cassowary@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  No idea but I’m not British

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  • JokeDeity@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Nearby? I’ve only heard it from people in that general region before.

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    • cassowary@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Opposite hemisphere 🙃

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