Touch Grass
Etymology
Internet slang that spread around 2020, usually as the imperative "go touch grass." The image is literal: physically leaving the screen far enough behind to put your hand on actual grass. It implies the person has lost contact with the tangible world.
verb · /TUHCH gras/
To step away from the internet and reconnect with physical reality when online life has warped your sense of proportion.
What it names
It is a compact prescription as much as an insult — a reminder that offline reality is the correction for a mind overheated by online conflict, useful to aim at yourself as much as at others.
Example
You’ve been arguing with strangers about this for six hours — go touch grass.
Related idea
Being terminally online is the chronic condition; "touch grass" is the blunt remedy prescribed for it.