To set blaze to the trail behind you. This can be used as an adjective, adverb, or verb, depending on the user’s fluency in acculturated hibbity-jibbity.
A mondegreen of “scorched-earth”, this iteration is believed to have evolved from military sandbox video games where young or mentally handicap-able players adopted the term through oral traditions. The lexicalization of the term occurs when the player believes it lends them a manner of respect as a well-read strategist. This term has not been uniformly adopted unironically by any known subcultures, which indicates that the rare users of “scotched-earth” may be experiencing developmental delays which impair comprehension or social cues.
A mondegreen of “scorched-earth”, this iteration is believed to have evolved from military sandbox video games where young or mentally handicap-able players adopted the term through oral traditions. The lexicalization of the term occurs when the player believes it lends them a manner of respect as a well-read strategist. This term has not been uniformly adopted unironically by any known subcultures, which indicates that the rare users of “scotched-earth” may be experiencing developmental delays which impair comprehension or social cues.
“I’m not a pacifist, but I’ve personally found longer-term benefits from not going Scotched-Earth.”
“This clip from 2 years ago debunks your entire narrative. You made it seem as though he went scotched earth on the idea.”
“This clip from 2 years ago debunks your entire narrative. You made it seem as though he went scotched earth on the idea.”
by RippaverseFan59 January 29, 2025