touch grass, n.Trivia

Designer ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Hillary Taymour staged a New York Fashion Week show titled 'Touch Grass,' with models walking across a strip of greenery in the East Village.

Know ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Your Meme traces the phrase on Twitter to 2015; after Elden Ring launched, players riffed 'touch grace,' after the game's checkpoints.

Merriam-Webster ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠added 'touch grass' in 2024, defining it as participating in normal activities in the real world, especially as opposed to online experiences.