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  • We can't have every rock-happy rat in the swarm hollering for the doctor every time he gets a sore finger.

    The Rolling Stones Heinlein, Robert A. 1952

  • He's a crazy old coot, rock-happy as they come, and he's a hermit by intention.

    The Rolling Stones Heinlein, Robert A. 1952

  • Their next notion was to carry full outfits for themselves for meteor mining - rocket scooter, special suits, emergency shelter, keyed radioactive claiming stakes, centrifuge speegee tester, black lights, Geiger counters, prospecting radar, portable spark spectroscope, and everything else needed to go quietly rock-happy.

    The Rolling Stones Heinlein, Robert A. 1952

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  • Rock-Happy

    1940s Slang. Crazed. From military petsonal stuck on an island too long

    April 3, 2017