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Wrock vs Brock - What's the difference?

wrock | brock |

As nouns the difference between wrock and brock

is that wrock is a genre of music produced by fans of the Harry Potter series, characterized by costumed performances and humorous lyrics about characters, settings, and plot elements from the series while brock is a male badger.

As a proper noun Brock is

{{surname|A=An|English and Scottish|from=Middle English}}, a variant of Brook, or originally a nickname for someone thought to resemble a badger ( Middle English broc(k)).

As a verb brock is

to taunt.

wrock

English

Noun

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  • (label) A genre of music produced by fans of the , characterized by costumed performances and humorous lyrics about characters, settings, and plot elements from the series.
  • * 2007 , Racheline Maltese, The Book of Harry Potter Trifles, Trivias & Particularities, Volume 1 , Sterling & Ross Publishers (2007), ISBN 9780977954520, page 175:
    • There are, at present, dozens of these “wizard rock” or “wrock ” bands, some of which tour nationally and internationally performing at small clubs, libraries and Harry Potter conferences and other special events.
  • * 2009 , Lev Grossman, " The Boy Who Rocked", Time , 20 July 2009:
    • Not all wrock is punk wrock. There's plenty of stylistic diversity in the scene, which ranges from the electric girl pop of the Parselmouths to the darkly gleaming hip-hop of Swish and Flick.
  • * 2011 , Aaron Schwabach, Fan Fiction and Copyright: Outsider Works and Intellectual Property Protection , Ashgate (2011), ISBN 9780754679035, page 78:
    • The phenomenon of wrock (wizard rock) within Harry Potter fandom has not yet produced mainstream crossovers.

    Synonyms

    *wizard rock

    See also

    *filk

    External links

    *(Wizard rock)

    brock

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • , a variant of Brook, or originally a nickname for someone thought to resemble a badger ( Middle English broc(k) ).
  • transferred from the surname.
  • * 1949 , Mary Wakefield , Dundurn Press (2009), ISBN 1550028774, page 132:
    • "I suppose you," she said, "were named for General Clive." "I was. And my father was named for General Brock'." "General '''Brock'''?" she asked, mystified. "General Isaac ' Brock , you know. The Battle of Queenston Heights, where we defeated the Americans." Her puzzled expression showed that she had not heard of the occasion. Young Busby was shocked.