do someone a frighten

English

Etymology

Intentionally incorrect grammar for comedic purposes; compare can haz. Originated with the “Stop It Son, You Are Doing Me a Frighten” meme; first known use is on 8 November 2015, in an iFunny post by watarimono.[1]

Verb

do someone a frighten (third-person singular simple present does someone a frighten, present participle doing someone a frighten, simple past did someone a frighten, past participle done someone a frighten)

  1. (Internet slang, humorous) To frighten someone.
    • 2019 October, Mackenzi Lee, The History of the World in Fifty Dogs, Abrams, →ISBN:
      Together they hiked until they came upon a crevasse that was too wide to leap. To get across, they would have to climb down into the crevasse, cross over on a sliver of ice that served as a quasi bridge, then climb back up. Which did Stickeen a frighten. The previously unfazed dog was suddenly very fazed and absolutely, positively refused to cross.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:do someone a frighten.

References

  1. watarimono (2015 November 8) iFunny.

Further reading

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