Show Out

[Laurence Horn]

On May 30, 2014, at 10:11 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

> Do you have any examples of this "show off" to indicate that it has the
> same meaning as "show out"? Like,
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> That called third strike really upset John. He just showed off, calling
> that empire all kind of names!
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> When Mary pulled the binky out of its mouth, her baby fair showed off,
> squalling like a panther!
>

FWIW, "show(ed) off" doesn't work here for me; "went wild/crazy" (or for the ballplayer "went nuts" or "blew his top") seem more like it.  (And for me a binky is only a pacifier, but that's just me.)

LH
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> On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 2:32 AM, Indigo Som <indigo at well.com> wrote:
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>> I=92ve lived in San Francisco Bay Area pretty much all my life. I=92ve =
>> heard =93show off=94 more, but have also heard =93show out=94, =
>> (almost?*) exclusively from African American folks =97 some of whom were =
>> born, bred & buttered here, like I was, & some who were from the South & =
>> other places.=20
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>> *haven=92t kept careful track, but I think if I heard non-Black people =
>> say =93show out=94 they were probably from the South &/or spent a lot of =
>> time in African American communities.
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>> On May 29, 2014, at 9:00 PM, Automatic digest processor =
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>>> From: Brian Hitchcock <brianhi at SKECHERS.COM>
>>> Subject: Show Out
>>> Date: May 29, 2014 at 12:09:29 PM PDT
>>> =20
>>> =20
>>> Having lived on the west coast for 63 years (Seattle area, then Los =
>> Angeles area), I have always heard "show off". Not once have I  heard =
>> "show out",  in a positive or negative sense, even in my travels across =
>> the country.  The recent post in ADS-L is the first I've heard of it. =
>> But I've never been to Georgia, and only briefly to Texas.  IMHO the =
>> usage is regional.
>>> Brian Hitchcock
>>> Torrance, CA
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