"shout-out" as reanalysis

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On his Literal-Minded blog, Neal Whitman makes a compelling case that
the term "shout-out" originated as a reanalysis along these lines:

I want to send [a shout] [out to my friends]. -->
I want to send [a shout out] [to my friends].

Blog post is here:
http://literalminded.wordpress.com/2007/07/10/sending-out-the-shout/


--Ben Zimmer

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