inxodus

[neil]

on 9/2/05 7:12 PM, Benjamin Zimmer at bgzimmer at RCI.RUTGERS.EDU wrote:

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> On Fri, 2 Sep 2005 18:57:33 +0100, neil <neil at TYPOG.CO.UK> wrote:
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>> on 9/2/05 6:50 PM, Matthew Gordon at gordonmj at MISSOURI.EDU wrote:
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>>> 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).
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>>> This one makes a lot more morphemic sense than inxodus.
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>> Back in the '70s my favourite artschool band -- The Bonzo Dog [Doodah]
>> Band -- had a hit-ish single with the following:
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>> The Intro And The Outro/Hello Mabel
>> 1973 United Artists UP 35602
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> 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

Thanks for making me feel even older! OK, I was too lazy to locate my copy
of the LP, purchased contemporaneously, so just Googled the title and came
up with a site listing the singles.

--Neil Crawford