get-off-my-lawn
get-off-my-lawn adjective: characterized by ill-tempered intolerance of modern or different ideas or values.
Adjective
get-off-my-lawn (comparative more get-off-my-lawn, superlative most get-off-my-lawn)
- Characterized by ill-tempered intolerance of modern or different ideas or values.
- 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...2007 April 29, Justin Tasch, “Milbury calls P.K. Subban a 'clown' for dancing during warmups”, in New York Daily News
- 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...2012 August 16, Neil Genzlinger, “Analyzing History Before the Dust Settles”, in The New York Times
Examples of get-off-my-lawn in a sentence
- 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.2012 August 16, Neil Genzlinger, “Analyzing History Before the Dust Settles”, in The New York Times:
- 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.2017 April 27, Jim Litke, “Refs won't bite as Hoiberg tries 'palming' off blame”, in La Crosse Tribune:
Forms of get-off-my-lawn
| comparative | more get-off-my-lawn |
|---|---|
| superlative | most get-off-my-lawn |
Origin of get-off-my-lawn
From the stereotype of a grumpy old homeowner yelling at the neighborhood children to get off his lawn.
Questions about get-off-my-lawn
- What does get-off-my-lawn mean?
- Get-off-my-lawn means characterized by ill-tempered intolerance of modern or different ideas or values.
- How do you use get-off-my-lawn in a sentence?
- 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.
- What part of speech is get-off-my-lawn?
- Get-off-my-lawn is an adjective.
Words near get-off-my-lawn in the dictionary
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