Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

old man yells at cloud

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.40 in modern English

Syllables: old -man yell-s at -cloud
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Refers to a person who expresses a trivial, out-of-touch, or idiosyncratic grievance; especially, with an implication of aged crotchetiness.

Derogatory; Humorous

Example Sentences

"I'm incessantly railing, in the old-man-yells-at-cloud tradition, against Big Beautiful Burgers stuffed into wispy buns that leave nothing to the imagination."
"If you will allow me an “old man yells at cloud” moment...back in my day, the only tools we had to make documentation were plain ol' spreadsheets, slides, and Word documents."
"Everyone has their own Old-Man-Yells-at-Cloud gripe that they just can't let go. Some people can't get over the fact that some people do (or do not) keep their ketchup in the fridge; other people can't stop themselves ragging on pineapple-topped pizza."

Etymology

From a scene in the 2002 episode "The Old Man and the Key" of the American animated sitcom The Simpsons, in which Grampa Simpson, applying for a driver's license, produces a newspaper clipping with this headline for identification.

Usage

Inflected Forms

old men yell at cloud (plural) old man yelling at a cloud (alternative) old man yelling at cloud (alternative) old man yelling at clouds (alternative) old man yelling at the clouds (alternative) old-man-yells-at-cloud (alternative) old man yells at clouds (alternative)

Phrases

yell at clouds

Questions

What does old man yells at cloud mean?: Refers to a person who expresses a trivial, out-of-touch, or idiosyncratic grievance; especially, with an implication of aged crotchetiness.
Where does old man yells at cloud come from?: From a scene in the 2002 episode "The Old Man and the Key" of the American animated sitcom The Simpsons, in which Grampa Simpson, applying for a driver's license, produces a newspaper clipping with this headline for identification.

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