out-Xing X

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 10:25:14AM -0500, David Barnhart wrote:
> I saw in this morning's NYT (p B13) the use of "out-iPhones the iPhone."
> Would somebody please guide me to some linguistically sound discussion of
> this.

Apart from _Hamlet_?

The OED has an entry on this s.v. _out-_ prep., with some
discussion.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED

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