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title: "get a life · GenZ Decoded"
description: "get a life: A dismissive phrase telling someone to stop obsessing and do something more worthwhile. Example: \"Stop arguing all day and get a life.\""
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# get a life

Gen X[#lifestyle](https://genzdecoded.com/slang-for/lifestyle/)

**Meaning.** A dismissive phrase telling someone to stop obsessing and do something more worthwhile.

See it in a sentence

Stop arguing all day and get a life.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z

    [touch books](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/touch-books/),[touch grass](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/touch-grass/)

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial

    No word for this one yet.

- Gen X · this one

    get a life

- Boomer

    No word for this one yet.

- Plain English

    dismissive phrase telling someone to stop obsessing and do something more worthwhile

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## Related slang

- [flower power](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/flower-power/): The peaceful, love-and-nonviolence ethos of 1960s counterculture.
- [gatekeep](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/gatekeep/): Withholding information or knowledge from others to keep something exclusive to oneself.
- [get down](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/get-down/): To dance energetically.
- [get hip](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/get-hip/): To become aware of or adopt a new trend that others are already on.

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