Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

get medieval

/ˌɡɛt mɪdˈi.vəl/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.05 in modern English

Syllables: get me-die-val
IPA: /ˌɡɛt mɪdˈi.vəl/

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To become sadistically torturous, especially due to vengeful spite.

American usage; Informal; Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"What now? I'll tell you what now. I'm gonna call a couple of hard pipe hittin' niggas to go to work on the homes here with a pair of pliers and a blow-torch. You hear me talkin', hillbilly boy?! I ain't through with you by a damn sight! I'ma get medieval on your ass!"
"So don't be vain and don't be whiny Or else, my brother, I might have to get medieval on your heinie"
"I got medieval on both their asses, packed all the shit I could possibly carry, and caught a cab to my sister's place near 135th and 5th Avenue in Harlem."
"“Check it out, god. Remember that night we stayed up all night, that Saturday night when your roommate was out bonin’ LaShonda? I brought the ‘Station up there and got in that ass three or fo’ times. I got medieval on you, muthafucka!”"
"Doesn't it matter that members of the race you idolize were the ones that unleashed hell on your country and got medieval on innocent Japanese women and children not so long ago?"

Etymology

From get (“to become”) + medieval (“relating to medieval dungeon torture methods”); originally merely collocational when attested in the dialogue of the 1994 film Pulp Fiction, but the collocation took on the function of a phrasal verb, entering the lexicon as a term for torturing severely, after it went viral as a consequence of the film's popularity.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌɡɛt mɪdˈi.vəl/
British English: /ˌɡɛt ˌmɛd.iˈiː.vəl/

Usage

Inflected Forms

gets medieval (present, singular) getting medieval (participle, present) got medieval (past) gotten medieval (participle, past) got medieval (participle, past) go medieval (alternative)

Phrases

go postal run amok go ham on someone's ass

Frequently Paired Words

go postal run amok go ham on someone's ass

Questions

How do you pronounce get medieval?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɡɛt mɪdˈi.vəl/.
What does get medieval mean?: To become sadistically torturous, especially due to vengeful spite.
Where does get medieval come from?: From get (“to become”) + medieval (“relating to medieval dungeon torture methods”); originally merely collocational when attested in the dialogue of the 1994 film Pulp Fiction, but the collocation took on the function of a phrasal verb, entering the lexicon as a term for torturing severely, after it went viral as a consequence of the film's popularity.

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