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I thought this was worth an entry, which is why I created it. It is a common enough term, and I feel we should be recording those rather than denying they exist on SoP grounds. The SoP excuse can be Wiktionary's worst enemy. This anonymous IP should take note. DonnanZ (talk) 12:49, 16 December 2020 (UTC)Reply
I have come out and confessed that I created it. Yes, of course I would like to keep it, but perhaps I shouldn't vote. Although I noted Donald Trump (my namesake unfortunately) voted for himself. DonnanZ (talk) 13:09, 16 December 2020 (UTC)Reply
Keep of course. It is a set phrase or common collocation at worst, and should be kept. I see the destroyers are crawling out of the woodwork again. Why don't "they" build? There are endless red links and unregistered words and phrases to be added. Petty-mindedness at work. I call it as I see it. -- ALGRIF talk17:21, 16 December 2020 (UTC)Reply
I think they would fit in with idle, sense 5, but I'm not sure idle threat does. The entry was prompted by the quotation, found in a magazine I was reading - usually quotes come later - and finding those lemmings clinched it for me, convincing me it was entry-worthy. DonnanZ (talk) 10:39, 17 December 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Gamren: Merriam-Webster uses the same definition, more or less, for empty threat as it does for idle threat, so it obviously regards the two as synonyms. As for empty in this sense, it seems to fit in with our sense 5, lacking sincerity. Lexico regards an idle threat as being without foundation, a definition we don't seem to have at idle. DonnanZ (talk) 11:16, 20 December 2020 (UTC)Reply
Delete, we can have it at idle and threat if you really want to mention the phrase somewhere. Certainly it is SOP. And as below, only a single lemming doesn't really seem like a convincing argument. — Mnemosientje (t · c) 15:43, 18 December 2020 (UTC)Reply
Keep' - a set phrase with a unique meaning more than SOP. Definitely something a learner of English or first-time encounterer would look up. Facts707 (talk) 18:22, 5 March 2021 (UTC)Reply
