Painterly black leather jacket and sunglasses draped over a small turquoise jukebox against pink.

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Danny

Oh that’s cool baby. You know how it is, rockin’ an’ rollin’ an’ what not.

— Grease · 1978

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

Danny piles up breezy slang without saying much about what is actually happening. Rocking, rolling and whatnot create a performance of effortless cool. The loose ending is part of the effect: sounding relaxed matters more here than giving a precise account.

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