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rock and roll

rock and roll

Date: Dec 15 2004

Quote

1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.

“He’s just so rock and roll at the same time that he’s a complete intellectual and this movie has everything going.”
- Jim Carrey, speaking about a colleague in an interview with Emily Blunt

Definition

1. Definition - Study the definition.

the term rock and roll is used to describe someone or something that is not completely planned and organized, but that is cool and successful anyways

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

Rock and roll is generally a cool way to be. A lot of people try to look rock and roll by acting like they haven’t planned anything, when they really have.
You know when you are having a really great rock and roll experience because it is something that is totally fun and unexpected.
One of the best compliments you can get is when someone says you are rock and roll because it means that you are cool, without really trying to be.

Examples

1. Examples - Hear some example sentences.

””That skirt is so rock and roll! You wouldn’t think that something that old would be so stylish. It’s so cute!”“

””My friends are so rock and roll. They wanna have a New Year’s Eve party but not plan it at all. They told everyone just to show up.”“

””It’s pretty rock and roll that you decided to take a road trip and just left. You are so cool to do something like that! I admire your spontaneity.”“

Winners

1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.

Behaves like playing rock’n’roll all the time.
by Plus (Beijing, China)
I think he means that the guy is not only smart, but cool and funny as well.
by Monika (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
It’s when a person does every kind of things.
by Ana (Monterrey, Mexico)
it’s cool
by chunchun (zhengzhou, china)
rock and roll ” means to be outstanding
by Mary (DongGuan, China )
Perhaps it’s used to describe a person who is strong, robust and full of energy,
physically
by Jack (Huizhou, China)
In my opinion, a rock and roll person is a person that likes that sort of music,
that are “cool” that speaks all the time with the word Dude, etc…
by Nahuel (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
I think “Rock and roll” is When we finish a very hard working, we say, Rock and
roll. My chemistry professor always say this after our class.
by Hyunsuk (Reading, The USA)
updated,popular at the times
by jessie ( secret, china)
lively¡¢jokey
by yanping (hangzhou, China)
means amazingly good. beyond one’s expectation. awesome.
by mel (Qingdao, China)
probably of an unstrained ,passionate style,hippie style.
by Loretta (ʯ¼Òׯ, Öйú)
...rock and roll...
he is famouse and popular
by leeping (Xiamen, China)
It means to be double faceted, that is to say to have different characteristics in
your personality.
by paola (pasto, colombia)

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ta3ban

Egypt

nice

06:38 AM Jan 04 2008 |

eche24

Cote D'Ivoire

hi

06:58 PM Dec 18 2007 |

Yany

Yany

China

who meet the man he is rock and roll..

02:00 AM Dec 06 2007 |

Pink Angel

Pink Angel

Saudi Arabia

ok i got it

02:21 AM Nov 30 2007 |

Loby

Bahrain

I think Rock and Roll means someting
style and cute

05:09 PM Nov 29 2007 |

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Liberia

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11:47 AM Nov 27 2007 |

ThinkING

ThinkING

China

absolutely fantastic

04:49 AM Nov 21 2007 |

某君

某君

Germany

Mr.Zhou is rock and roll that he is always make us
laugh hardly

07:31 PM Nov 17 2007 |

Kenny.Wu

China

unnormal somebody or something

08:22 AM Nov 15 2007 |

darc

darc

Saudi Arabia

rock and roll
to see these
faces

05:18 AM Nov 12 2007 |

mulee

mulee

Ethiopia

It’s arock and aroll time for me

04:36 PM Nov 09 2007 |

Monday

Monday

China

007 is the man,who is so rock and roll

01:08 PM Nov 08 2007 |

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