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Jan 30, 2010, 07:53 PM
 
"Monster outs Diddy-designed iPhone, iPod in-ears"

Has anyone noticed that MacNN have started using the expression "outs" instead of "releases".

Maybe i'm getting old, but is this now common place, or is it MacNN's attempt at trying to be cool.

Seems strange that they would replace perfectly good words like "releases", "launches" with another world which completely changes the meaning and makes it harder to scan.

Does anyone actually prefer "outs"?
     
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Jan 30, 2010, 08:09 PM
 
A) it's not new usage when used this way.

B) howevah, in colloquial usage, "to out" generally means exposing a closet homosexual.
     
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Jan 30, 2010, 08:39 PM
 
This usage is not in any thesaurus or dictionary I can find.
I think Macnn made it up to sound cool.
     
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Jan 30, 2010, 09:01 PM
 
I noticed that months ago, and I find it annoying.
     
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Jan 30, 2010, 09:26 PM
 
Apparently inspired by the pretentious "drop", as in "my new CD drops next week."
     
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Jan 30, 2010, 10:05 PM
 
It's like people replacing "competition" with "killer".

It annoys the **** out of me.
     
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Jan 30, 2010, 10:22 PM
 
Unnamed source outs the date of iPad killer drop.


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Jan 30, 2010, 10:56 PM
 
You did that on porpoise.
     
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Jan 31, 2010, 01:09 AM
 
Originally Posted by moonmonkey View Post
This usage is not in any thesaurus or dictionary I can find.
I think Macnn made it up to sound cool.
I've heard "outs" used in this context since the late 1990s, colloquially. Or was that the early 2000s? Either way, this usage has been around for a long time.

That said, I prefer "releases".


Originally Posted by Phileas View Post
It's like people replacing "competition" with "killer".

It annoys the **** out of me.
IMO, these have different meanings. An iPhone was touted by some as a Blackberry killer. OTOH, recent Nokia smartphones are basically never touted as Blackberry killers, just the competition.
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Jan 31, 2010, 02:04 AM
 
It's certainly not US standard English, and it sounds weird from that standpoint. Perhaps they use it in other English speaking countries.

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Jan 31, 2010, 02:06 AM
 
Originally Posted by Big Mac View Post
It's certainly not US standard English, and it sounds weird from that standpoint. Perhaps they use it in other English speaking countries.
Like the US of A and Canada.

It's colloquial, not "standard".
     
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Jan 31, 2010, 02:14 AM
 
As touched on above, I've always thought of "outs" used in this way to mean that someone exposed something someone was trying to keep secret, not that someone released/unveiled something on purpose.

Honestly, I suspect that someone heard the word used in this way, thought it sounded cool, and started using it all willy-nilly without distinction.

For shame.


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Jan 31, 2010, 04:40 AM
 
As Calvin pointed out so well to us, "Verbing weirds the language".
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Jan 31, 2010, 11:19 AM
 
Originally Posted by Doc HM View Post
As Calvin pointed out so well to us, "Verbing weirds the language".
It's a perfectly cromulent word.

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Jan 31, 2010, 11:42 AM
 
Originally Posted by SpaceMonkey View Post
It's a perfectly cromulent word.
Indeed; we all need to embiggen our vocabularies and the usages associated with them.
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Jan 31, 2010, 11:54 AM
 
Originally Posted by moonmonkey View Post
"Monster outs Diddy-designed iPhone, iPod in-ears"
Has anyone noticed that MacNN have started using the expression "outs" instead of "releases".
Maybe i'm getting old, but is this now common place, or is it MacNN's attempt at trying to be cool.
Seems strange that they would replace perfectly good words like "releases", "launches" with another world which completely changes the meaning and makes it harder to scan.
Does anyone actually prefer "outs"?
It is not in MacNN's interest that you are able to scan the headlines. They and all newspapers would have cryptic bait for all their articles if they could, unless a biased underhanded ridicule is possible too.
     
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Mar 2, 2010, 03:46 AM
 
OK, due to my insistent emails they have stopped doing it.

TuneWear debuts new TuneSonic earphones with microphone | iPodNN

Debuts, phew.
     
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Mar 2, 2010, 09:14 AM
 
I read a LOT of press releases and articles, and never once did I hear/read the word "outs" used this way.

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I hate the phrase, "having said that."
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