rock, noun

Derogatory and offensive. slang. Elliptical for rockspider.
1970 G. Ferreira Informant, Pietersburg (now Polokwane)That rock can’t speak English.
1970 R. Tankard Informant, Pietersburg (now Polokwane)Rock — an Afrikaner (short for rockspider).
1971 A. Bryant Informant, TarkastadWhere we live there are a lot of rocks, so my dad made my brother have his hair cut as soon as he got back from varsity.
1974 S. Roberts in S. Gray On Edge of World 144She really behaves like a rock at times...She’s helluva narrow-minded and suspicious you know, like a lot of Afrikaners.
1983 T. McAllen Kyk DaarSouth Africa’s superglue, Broederbond. Made from a secret formula. Even binds Rocks together.
1985 H. Prendini in Style Oct. 40In the army..Afrikaners are ‘rocks’ or ‘pebbles’.
1990 R. Malan My Traitor’s Heart 57Most policemen..were rocks, or Afrikaners, and rocks were not all that fond of soutpiels, especially those who worked for the disloyal English press. So the crime reporter slot usually went to someone like me, a rockspider who could speak the tongue.
1992 Financial Mail 13 Mar. 102Nelson Mandela should also choose his words more carefully...‘The path has been stony and many rocks lie in our way.’ Is that any way to refer to Treurnicht, Terror’blanche and the rest?
1994 ‘Crunchies United’ in Style June 10 (letter)At last we knew someone in Style! If someone we knew had made Style, and that person nogal a rock, by implication we’re moving in one helluva rockery.
Elliptical for rockspider.
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