Rock the Casbah - Democratic Underground

RPM

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Thu Mar-10-05 11:18 AM
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Rock the Casbah

anyone have any alternative meanings for the term?

We used it as slang for taking a dump during college

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ladeuxiemevoiture

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Thu Mar-10-05 11:27 AM
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1. It has an historical meaning...

from the Algerian War of Independence, and the French "rocked the casbah" (Algiers' casbah) as a means of driving out rebels. That's the off-the-top-of-my-head recollection.

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RPM

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Thu Mar-10-05 12:26 PM
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2. now that's interesting

thanks for the heads up

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ladeuxiemevoiture

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Thu Mar-10-05 01:36 PM
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4. Sure

:hi:

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TyeDye75

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Thu Mar-10-05 12:27 PM
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3. We always used it as innuendo...

Edited on Thu Mar-10-05 12:34 PM by TyeDye75

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