inxodus

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On Fri, 2 Sep 2005 18:57:33 +0100, neil <neil at TYPOG.CO.UK> wrote:

>on 9/2/05 6:50 PM, Matthew Gordon at gordonmj at MISSOURI.EDU wrote:
>
>> This reminds me of a similar analogical creation I heard recently in a
>> podcast: out(t)ro (e.g. we have new intro and out(t)ro music).
>>
>> This one makes a lot more morphemic sense than inxodus.
>
>Back in the '70s my favourite artschool band -- The Bonzo Dog [Doodah]
>Band -- had a hit-ish single with the following:
>
>The Intro And The Outro/Hello Mabel
>1973 United Artists UP 35602

The Bonzo Dog song goes back to 1967, according to OED3. Here is the
earliest cite given for "outro":

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1967 V. STANSHALL in ‘The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band’ Gorilla (record) (title
of song) The intro and the outro.
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--Ben Zimmer