Definition
To disturb the status quo or go against rules or conventions, as in an effort to get attention.
In Context
- "I'd just jump in and fix it, but that's not my job, and I don't want to rock the boat."
- "A lot of gay people I know, female and male, are conservative — perhaps even more conservative than they would be if they were non-gay because they've had such a hard struggle in life, they don't want to rock any boats."
- "Just when I'm asking myself if it's worth it to rock the boat and wondering if I should compromise, something will happen to keep me going. Like one year I got an award from a women's group for, "exposing the jockocratic values of society."
- "But they're [Rupture] quite the opposite- they're very respectful of other people. They say offensive things to rock the boat and cause some turmoil in the world of safe, homogenized P.C. punk rock."
Also Said As
- make waves
- nonconform