Rock English
noun
The variety of English spoken in Gibraltar, influenced in particular by Andalusian Spanish; also used to denote Yanito (or Llanito), a variety of Spanish used in Gibraltar which includes many elements borrowed from English, and which involves frequent code-switching into English.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in George Borrow (1803–1881), writer and traveller.
- preppie
- prepping
- preppy
- preprandial
- pre-precipitation
- pre-preference
- pre-preferential
- prepreg
- pre-prep
- pre-preparatory
- pre-prepare
- pre-press
- pre-primary
- preprimate
- preprint
- preprocess
- preprocessor
- pre-production
- preproenkephalin
- pre-professional
- preprogram
- preprogramme
- preprohormone
- preproinsulin
- preprostatic