Talk:go to one's room

RFD discussion: January–February 2022
Tagged by (WF). Why I don't know. The definition makes it pretty clear that the verb has more implications than its sum of parts. Need I present linguistic evidence to show that this phrase in fact carries that specific idiomatic meaning? PseudoSkull vacay (talk) 22:57, 4 January 2022 (UTC)


 * I can't see how this is any more idiomatic than stay after the class, you're under arrest or bend over and take it like the dirty slut that you are Br00pVain (talk) 22:57, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
 * How so? The implications are very specific and set to this specific phrase as far as I've ever known, and the specifics cannot be determined by the mere sum of its parts. Ngram comparison between "go to your room now" and "go to your bedroom now" makes my case clear that this is, at worst, a set phrase with an extended meaning, and at best, a properly idiomatic phrase. (you're under arrest might be a good phrasebook entry though...) PseudoSkull vacay (talk) 23:04, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
 * (apparently, according to The Free Dictionary, go to your room is also a synonym of on your bike. Is this true? Never heard of it. If so that might deserve an entry on its own...) PseudoSkull vacay (talk) 23:06, 4 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Another entry for Cpt. Literal – Jberkel 23:47, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Nice snarky comment—unfortunately it has nothing to do with whether or not my entry agrees with CFI standards so what's the point of it? PseudoSkull vacay (talk) 13:52, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Ok then, the only information this entry seems to provide is that you're supposed to stay in your room after you've gone to it. Do we really need to explain all implied meanings of simple sentences? There's only a literal sense, which makes it SOP. Delete – Jberkel 14:51, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes, we really do, when in this context it is only used this way. While someone could just say "I went to my room and got X", saying "go to your room" to a child (in the US at least) always means "go to your room and stay there as a punishment". Always. Or at least 99% of the time. The Idiom Dictionary has an entry on go to your room as well (for a lemming argument), but for some reason half the time it shows up as a synonym of on your bike, and half the time it shows up as this sense. I honestly don't know what causes that bug, but whatever... To be fair, you also can have "I sent him to his room", however the meaning is more literal there than in this entry. PseudoSkull vacay (talk) 15:20, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
 * The Idiom Dictionary has "A literal command typically issued by a parent to a child ". Exactly that is the problem. The “…and stay there” is just implied (and sometimes even said). That isn't so surprising as to warrant its own entry. – Jberkel 16:24, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete. Vox Sciurorum (talk) 18:43, 6 January 2022 (UTC)
 * To expand on my "delete", this fails for two reasons. First, the imperative  can generally have a connotation of "go... and remain".  Lawyers write "cease and desist".  Humans say "stop" with the understanding that it means "don't start for some amount of time, or ever".   Second, this is not a findable spelling.  The imperative is go to your room.  And this phrase, in the forms used by human beings, can equally well be said in sentences like "Go to your room and get me the laundry basket."  Better suited overall for a blog post on Wikipedia under "American child-minding habits." Vox Sciurorum (talk) 13:41, 1 February 2022 (UTC)


 * I think this should be at send one to one's room (or perhaps send to one's room), which is used idiomatically to mean to punish someone even where no "room" is actually involved. bd2412 T 03:31, 7 January 2022 (UTC)
 * “Should be at”??? These are completely different dictions. --Lambiam 19:49, 8 January 2022 (UTC)
 * The concept should be, which would require changing one or two words in the definition. bd2412 T 19:48, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete. Equinox ◑ 19:53, 8 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete. - TheDaveRoss  15:22, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete —Svārtava [t•c•u•r] 04:20, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Weak keep but as go to your room. Not sure why we don't have you're under arrest. DAVilla 20:54, 29 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I think that would be a form of be under arrest, of course we don't have that either. --Rishabhbhat (talk) 15:46, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete. This is similar to go to the principal's office and go sit in the corner. 172.58.171.143 15:37, 19 February 2022 (UTC)


 * RFD-deleted —Svārtava (t/u) • 15:41, 19 February 2022 (UTC)