rock happy

adjective

eccentric or crazy as a result of spending a long time on a remote island

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Meanings

adjectiverock happy (comparative more rock happy, superlative most rock happy)

comparative more rock happy · superlative most rock happy

  1. USslanggovernmenteccentric or crazy as a result of spending a long time on a remote island

    After fifteen months most of us were rock happy and would have done anything to get out of there, even if it meant invading Japan.

    2016, Bruce M. Petty, Saipan: Oral Histories of the Pacific War, page 150
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    The civilian ground crew was rock happy. […] They were screaming at each other. Foul. Abusive. Bloodthirsty. It's what happens to men who take stupid jobs in miserable locations just for the money.

    2008, George Lowe, The Hard, Hard Life of George A. Lowe, page 75

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with rock happy

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Cite this entry
APA

rock happy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rock%20happy

MLA

“rock happy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rock%20happy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rock happy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rock%20happy.

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