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Old 23-Sep-2006, 14:23
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Default Re: What does 'rock against' mean?
When I saw the title of this string, I assumed it would refer to 'Rock Against Racism'. Wrong!

But, in case anyone's interested, this is a slogan in which 'rock' is an abbreviation of either 'rock music' or 'rock culture' - so it behaves like a noun (nothing to do with the verb that Tdol described). (There is also an underlying pun, in which 'rock' is an imperative verb).

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