yell at the cloud

English

Verb

yell at the cloud (third-person singular simple present yells at the cloud, present participle yelling at the cloud, simple past and past participle yelled at the cloud)

  1. Alternative form of yell at clouds.
    • 2016 October 17, Greg Jericho, “I could get outraged by this boomer-millennial war, but I'd rather look at the evidence”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 October 2016:
      But when you gotta file some dumb copy to make the yell-at-the-cloud clique smile, I guess you leave the research for the younger, more energetic folk.
    • 2020 August 4, Cedric Voets, “George R.R. Martin Got Into Some Racist Trouble At The Hugo Awards”, in Cracked.com[2], archived from the original on 5 August 2020:
      Old Martin yells at the cloud, tries to summon Cthulhu.
    • 2024 April 8, renaldo69 [pseudonym], “Bayside - There Are Worse Things Than Being Alive (2024)”, in Punknews.org[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 3 May 2024:
      Even if you're into Avenged Sevenfold and Funeral for a Friend (which means you should be yelling at the cloud and grimacing from back pain), you can appreciate the deft way Bayside captures that spirit of youth while appealing to the 'cheesier' pop punk audiences.