sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll

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Etymology

In use since the 1960s, later popularized by the song “Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll” (Ian Dury and the Blockheads, 1977).

Noun

sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll pl (plural only)

  1. (informal) Indulgent and pleasurable activities.
    • 1977, “Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll”, performed by Ian Dury:
      Sex and drugs and rock and roll / Is all my brain and body need / Sex and drugs and rock and roll / Is very good indeed
    • 1982 December 4, Rob Kaplan, “Life in the Last Days”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 20, page 12:
      This, then, is Larry Mitchell's ultimate message: we all do have to be awake. Sex and drugs and rock 'n roll are fun, and fun is necessary, but it is not enough.

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