get-off-my-lawn
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.97 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Characterized by ill-tempered intolerance of modern or different ideas or values.
Example Sentences
- "Mike Milbury, the failed Islanders coach and general manager who as a player with the Bruins once hit a Rangers fan with a shoe, made a get-off-my-lawn comment on television Friday night, taking issue with Predators star P.K. Subban dancing and having fun during warmups before their game against the Blues, calling Subban a "clown.""
- "From there, though, the film turns into a disorganized rant, jumping from Uneeda Biscuits to the Glass-Steagall Act to kids and their infernal text messaging and anything else that occurred to Mr. Hoffman or the seemingly random collection of people he allows to spout off on camera. The whole enterprise has a get-off-my-lawn feel; it tries to pass off whining and a rose-colored-glasses view of the past as insight."
- "We pause in a postseason packed with great press-conference performances to award a gold star to Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg for his “get-off-my-lawn” rant against Celtics’ guard Isaiah Thomas."
- "For example, Neil Young often issued get-off-my-lawn screeds about the superior sound quality of analog vinyl versus digital CDs and MP3s (that is, until he went into the digital music player business)."
Etymology
From the stereotype of a grumpy old homeowner yelling at the neighborhood children to get off his lawn.
Inflected Forms
more get-off-my-lawn (comparative)
most get-off-my-lawn (superlative)