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
Get the Scotched-Earthmug. by Scotchtape123 June 3, 2020
Get the Scotchedmug. by infinitelytrue March 17, 2009
Get the scotch goosemug. When a grown person don't have their own home and goes from place to place sleeping on other people couches.
by Lordbear1 October 28, 2021
Get the Couch Scotchmug. by delilahxs June 15, 2025
Get the Scotch tapemug. Refers to your not being charged and/or incarcerated for an indiscretion, due to whether or not you'd consumed alcohol during the period when you'd committed said crime.
Believe it or not, being intoxicated can sometimes actually be a defense in a criminal case, especially if the culprit merely committed a misdemeanor instead of something more serious... if he was drunk at the time, he can often get away scotch-free! Disgusting, but true.
by QuacksO April 14, 2019
Get the get away scotch-freemug. by Bigcid March 21, 2020
Get the Scotch Bidetmug.