English Language & Usage Asked on August 2, 2021
The meaning of the term house-proud apparently has shifted, at least in the US, from meaning
very worried about your house being completely clean and tidy, and
spending a lot of time making it so
(Cambridge)
…which is how I think of it, to simply meaning
proud of one’s house or housekeeping (M/W)
Given that, would it be a stretch to use the term lawn-proud to describe someone who obsesses over the state of their yard/garden? If it would not be generally understood in that sense, is there a word or a succinct phrase that would fit ?
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