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Mega-City One's all-purpose curse, 2000 AD (1977-)
Drokk!
— 2000 AD • 1977
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Drokk is the word that makes 2000 AD sound like 2000 AD: a swear that sounds filthy, scans as futuristic and could get past the editors of a children's weekly. Fans say it as a badge of loyalty to the Galaxy's Greatest Comic, and it sits in the same pocket as Frak and Smeg, invented oaths that tell you a setting has its own culture. Its Dredd link is by association: the world, not the Judge, owns the word.
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In context
Spoilers for 2000 ADShow the scene
Drokk is the all-purpose curse of 2000 AD's future, and it is older than Judge Dredd himself. The 2000 AD fan wiki traces its first appearance to the "Dan Dare" strip in Prog 1 (26 February 1977), the same issue that launched the comic, with Dredd debuting a week later in Prog 2. It then spread through the future-slang of Mega-City One, and the wiki credits Robo-Hunter's Sam Slade with the verb form by Prog 78. In use it is a verb ("drokk it"), an adverb or a noun ("you little drokker"), standing in for the F-word in a comic written for a young British audience, alongside Grud, Stomm and Spug.
Sources (3)
- 2000 AD wiki: Drokkopening paragraphReference checked
- Judge Dredd wiki: SlangExpletives / Profanities sectionReference checked
- Wikipedia: Judge DreddleadReference checked
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