Show Out

[Jonathan Lighter]

Indeed.

But isn't "show out" being alleged as a common synonym (or exclusive
equivalent) of "show off"?

I've never heard of a "binky."

JL


On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 10:45 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
wrote:

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> On May 30, 2014, at 10:11 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
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> > Do you have any examples of this "show off" to indicate that it has the
> > same meaning as "show out"? Like,
> >
> > That called third strike really upset John. He just showed off, calling
> > that empire all kind of names!
> >
> > When Mary pulled the binky out of its mouth, her baby fair showed off,
> > squalling like a panther!
> >
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> 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.
> >>
> >> 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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