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rocking chair job n. Most people seem to think the American League manager has a rocking chair job. That’s ridiculous. A manager always has to make a decision on his pitcher. [English Employment] [full cite] (Jun. 1, 2005)

rocking chair job n. I could even welcome just a straight lead for a change, because that’s really a rocking-chair job. [English Employment] [full cite] (Jun. 1, 2005)

rockism n. The word is rockism, and among the small but extraordinarily pesky group of people who obsess over this stuff, rockism is a word meant to start fights. The rockism debate began in earnest in the early 1980’s, but over the past few years it has heated up, and today, in certain impassioned circles, there is simply nothing worse than a rockist. [English Entertainment Music] [full cite] (Nov. 1, 2004)

rockist adj. The word is rockism, and among the small but extraordinarily pesky group of people who obsess over this stuff, rockism is a word meant to start fights. The rockism debate began in earnest in the early 1980’s, but over the past few years it has heated up, and today, in certain impassioned circles, there is simply nothing worse than a rockist. [English Entertainment Music] [full cite] (Nov. 1, 2004)

rockno n. Rockno: A combo style that fuses rock, techno, electro and other influences. Who does it? See Pan/Tone, who is not on the festival lineup but will play one of the many afterparties. [English Music] [full cite] (May. 25, 2005)

rod buster n. Rod buster: The worker who sets the reinforced steel rods that are to be covered by concrete. [English Construction & Buildings Employment] [full cite] (Aug. 16, 2006)

rod buster n. Former world’s welterweight boxing champion, Fritzie Zivic of Pittsburgh now is a “rod buster” for the Penn Southern Construction Company. [English Construction & Buildings Employment Slang] [full cite] (Aug. 16, 2006)

rod-buster n. Her husband pitched in at the beginning to help her struggling business but kept his $40,000-a-year job as a union “rod-buster” to keep the family going. [English Construction & Buildings Employment Slang] [full cite] (Aug. 16, 2006)

rodbuster n. There are 98 men and two women on the job—carpenters, ironworkers (“rodbusters,” they are called), laborers and some others. [English Construction & Buildings Employment] [full cite] (Aug. 14, 2006)

rodbuster n. Rodbuster climbs reinforcing bars at YST pit. [English Construction & Buildings Employment Slang] [full cite] (Aug. 16, 2006)

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