Earth to someone



Earth to someone

phr. Hello someone, are you listening? (A means of getting the attention of someone who is ignoring you or who is daydreaming. As if one were on the earth, trying to contact someone in a spaceship. The implication is that the person being addressed is spacy.) Earth to Mom! Earth to Mom! What’s for dinner?
See also: earth

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
JozuaYO-zuy-ahDutch
Cearbhall-Irish
Anubisə-NOO-bis (English)Egyptian Mythology (Latinized)
Dawud-Arabic
Akpofure-Western African, Urhobo
HowieHOW-eeEnglish