rollocking

rollocking
n
British
a severe dressing-down, an angry and pointed tirade. The word is a euphemism for bollocking.
► 'Though Dad gave me a real rollocking, in the end I won. I just fluttered my eyelids at him and promised I wouldn't be seeing Josh again.' (Jade Jagger, quoted in the News of the World, 29 March 1989)

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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