what does get a life mean?

According to the article in wikipedia, “Get a life” is an originally American idiom and catch phrase usually intended as a taunt. The phrase generally means to go out and make your way in the world, without being supported by outside sources such as parents or benefactors. It may also be directed at someone who is perceived as boring or single-minded like morons, to suggest they acquire some other, more practical interests or hobbies and get dates, find a job, move to their own house, etc.

The phrase is also used against people who are viewed as officious or intermeddling in someone else’s affairs. It is another way of saying “Get your own life”, or “Stay out of my business.” The term was popularized by William Shatner’s appearance in a 1987 episode of Saturday Night Live, in which he tells a group of trekkies to “get a life.”[1] However, evidence of the term’s use in the vernacular predates that broadcast.[2] In the early 1980s the phrase appeared as a more emphatic variant of (and a retort to) the then common taunt “Get a job”; the first Oxford English Dictionary citation is from a January 1983 Washington Post article: “Gross me out, I mean, Valley Girls was, like, ohmigod, it was last year, fer sure! I mean, get a life! Say what?”. More recently, in addition to these examples, it has been applied to so-called workaholics and others who are perceived as dedicated to their work (out of “labor of love” as opposed to money or loyalty to the company) but not taking the time to relax or enjoy life.

When I use the phrase it is usually directed at someone who is more worried about my business or some nit-picky detail instead of something important!

It means just that!! It means you dont have anything constructive to do with your life.

It is normally said as an insult to someone who is always in other people’s business or are always gossiping about others and their life revolves around being in other peoples business.

when someone says “get a life”, they’re basically saying that you’re so sad that you don’t have a life already. When they say “life”, they mean like, being socially cool and stuff. It’s hard to explain….

in my personal opinion, it is a derogatory statement meaning simply this: the person who this is said to has no hobbies, interests, or events in their existence to constitute a “life” to tell others about. the answer is simple: find something that interests you, and pursue it to the fullest capacity, and *POOF* there’s a life. got it?