[Ads-l] Antedating of "Pimped Out"

[Shapiro, Fred]

pimped out (OED 1988)

1982 Charlotte News 12 July 2C/2 (Newspapers.com)

He used to wear a lot of gold, too, but one day when he was "all pimped out," as he puts it, Sybil Arum ... told him, "You shouldn't wear all that stuff.  Don't try to be somebody you're not.  Be yourself, that's the way people love you."

Fred Shapiro

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