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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
The words rock dots with the unnecessary umlaut placed above them.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹɒk ˌdɒts/, (humorous) /ˈɹøːk ˌdøːts/
Noun
röck döts pl (plural only)
- (informal, humorous) Heavy metal umlaut(s).
2005 December 2, Micheal Dwyer, “The full Mötley”, in The Age:In the world of heavy metal, the umlaut - otherwise known as röck döts - is the ultimate illustration of Spinal Tap's dictum that there's a fine line between clever and stupid.
2006, Björn Türoque, To Air Is Human: One Man's Quest to Become the World's Greatest Air Guitarist, Riverhead Books:I imagine I'd be seeing a lot of metal tonight, so why not go for an obscure eighties punk song? Plus, Hüsker Dü = dual röck döts!
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:röck döts.