go jump in the lake
"go-jump-in-the-lake" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“go jump in the lake” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Used to tell someone to go away, or that their request will not be met.
Corpus desk
Index EN-go-jump-in-the-lake · go jump in the lake · English
go jump in the lake · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | go jump in the lake |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “go jump in the lake” in English
Rare enough to double-check
go jump in the lake is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Used to tell someone to go away, or that their request will not be met.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for go jump in the lake, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is go jump in the lake, spelled G-O- -J-U-M-P- -I-N- -T-H-E- -L-A-K-E.
Definition
- 1Used to tell someone to go away, or that their request will not be met.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how go jump in the lake appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
When I asked for help cleaning the mess I made, the janitor told me to go jump in the lake, but he was only joking.
... to sell it to the Mond or the International Nickel Company, and if they didn't choose to take it from us, they would tell us to go jump in the lake.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.