In Alice Cooper’s song “Hey Stoopid” from his 1991 album, there is a verse that runs like this:
Now I know you’ve been kicked around.
You ain’t alone in this ugly town.
You stick a needle in your arm.
You bite the dust, you buy the farm.
How can anybody, a junkie apparently, “buy the farm” when he is giving up in life?
What does the verbal phrase to buy the farm mean or connote in contemporary English?
Best Answer
To "buy the farm" is simply an American expression meaning to die. Not used as frequently now as it was a few decades ago.