rollicking
carefree, merry and boisterous.
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“Conversation Blues” is a rollicking honky tonk jam session that doubles as a conversation between Adam Gaffney and himself through the perspective of the ones who watched his addictions take over from the outside. g…
YYEEAAHHH! WHO THE FUCK "EXPLAINED" his little trips to RAPE ISLAND, HIM? "I was only there for a rollicking game of CROQUET. I LOVE A GOOD GAME OF CROQUET"!
Time to play a rollicking game of "Is Bluesky shitting the bed or is it my phone?"
Last night while the Met Gala kicked off, a small but rollicking crowd of protesters unfurled its own red carpet just a few blocks away. Orchestrated by the NYC-based advocacy group Rise and Resist, it was an act of d…
Rollicking Protest Against Bezos’s Met Gala Erupts in Manhattan hyperallergic.com/rollicking-p...
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carefree, merry and boisterous.
““Conversation Blues” is a rollicking honky tonk jam session that doubles as a conversation between Adam Gaffney and himself through the perspective of the ones who watched his addictions take over from the outside. glidemagazine.com/325320/song-...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“YYEEAAHHH! WHO THE FUCK "EXPLAINED" his little trips to RAPE ISLAND, HIM? "I was only there for a rollicking game of CROQUET. I LOVE A GOOD GAME OF CROQUET"!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Time to play a rollicking game of "Is Bluesky shitting the bed or is it my phone?"”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(UK) A scolding, a bollocking.
“Last night while the Met Gala kicked off, a small but rollicking crowd of protesters unfurled its own red carpet just a few blocks away. Orchestrated by the NYC-based advocacy group Rise and Resist, it was an act of defiance against the billionaire class.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Rollicking Protest Against Bezos’s Met Gala Erupts in Manhattan hyperallergic.com/rollicking-p...”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(now, _, rare) Merry, joyous, full of mirth; later especially, frolicsome, sportive, full of playful mischief.
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(intransitive) To make merry; to have fun; to romp; to behave playfully and uninhibitedly.
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An exciting and boisterous party.
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