Assertion: rock's word | /r/HasProperty | rock
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text: Given that the keystroke for an apostrophe and for a single quotation mark are allotted to the same key on most computer keyboards, one ends up commonly seeing such errors as “rock ‘n’ roll,” which translates to a sarcastic letter “n” framed by the word “rock” on one side and “roll” on the other.
text: In the 1920s the words “rock” and “roll,” used separately or together, were employed by black people to mean partying, carrying on, and/or having sex.
text: The word “rock”, again among other things, has been used since at least the 17th century as a term meaning “shake or disturb”.
text: The word “rock” is thought to have Celtic origins and comes to us through the Old English “rocc”, meaning “stone or obelisk”.
text: Four years after Trixie was rockin’ and rollin’ a man got around to it too; Blind Blake, whose Christian name may or may not have been Arthur, was the first to use the word ‘rock’ in a song.
text: The words “rock” and “roll” had been a staple of blues titles for nearly two decades, and of course Alan Freed popularized the term “rock ‘n’ roll.