English Explanatory Dictionary

get medieval

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To become sadistically torturous, especially due to vengeful spite.

Pronunciation

/ˌɡɛt ˌmɛd.iˈiː.vəl/ /ˌɡɛt mɪdˈi.vəl/

Word forms

get medieval gets medieval getting medieval got medieval gotten medieval go medieval

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.

Related words

go postal run amok go ham on someone's ass
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