Show Out

[Alice Faber]

I've only heard "show up" for the ballplayer (over-)reacting to a
perceived bad call.

A binky is what we used to call a pacifier.

On 5/31/14 9:32 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> 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
>
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> 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!
>>>
>>
>> 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
>>>>
>>>> *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 =
>>>> <LISTSERV at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> wrote:
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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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