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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread What is the origin of the expression "all get out" #205859 05/24/12 10:19 PM 05/24/12 10:19 PM Joined: May 2012 Posts: 1 D dangera OP stranger dangera   OP stranger D Joined: May 2012 Posts: 1 Hi all, new to the board, and I have a word origin question that's been bugging me for some time. What is the original / historical meaning of the expression "all get out"? Re: What is the origin of the expression "all get out" [Re: dangera] #205860 05/24/12 11:38 PM 05/24/12 11:38 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass there are several phrases based on the phrasal verb 'to get out (of)'; e.g., as or like (all) get-out, used to indicate a high degree of something 1838 J. C. Neal Charcoal Sketches 12 We look as elegant and as beautiful as get out. Mark Twain may have been among the first to add 'all'.. 1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn xxxviii. 325 We got to dig in like all git-out. [OED] Re: What is the origin of the expression "all get out" [Re: tsuwm] #205863 05/25/12 01:51 PM 05/25/12 01:51 PM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi J jenny jenny veteran jenny jenny   veteran J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi Some folk here in the highlands of Mississippi (of which there are none) understand "get out" to be the diminutive of "all get out". As in: "Get out an extra clean plate; Aunt Gussie's* coming over for supper" or "Get out the cloth tablecloth, the un-chipped China, the matching silverware, and put on your manners; Reverend Jackson's coming for dinner". And maybe "all get out" trans-mutilated into "get up" as in overdone attire such as a phony cowboy's outfit, but not "git-ty up" which likey means "get up and go, horse". *My sweet Aunt Gussie always wore too much make-up. She was always "gussied up". Re: What is the origin of the expression "all get out" [Re: jenny jenny] #205880 05/26/12 11:49 PM 05/26/12 11:49 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky trans-mutilated Re: What is the origin of the expression "all get out" [Re: Jackie] #205913 05/29/12 03:57 AM 05/29/12 03:57 AM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi J jenny jenny veteran jenny jenny   veteran J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi Thanks Jackie for your laugh. We southern folks are blessed with a redeeming sense of self-depreciating humor. Re: What is the origin of the expression "all get out" [Re: jenny jenny] #205914 05/29/12 01:46 PM 05/29/12 01:46 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass usage note: Of the two combinations self-depreciatory and self-deprecatory the former is, strictly speaking, the better-formed, since it reflects the long-established use of the verb depreciate in the sense ‘disparage, belittle’. The latter combination, however, which reflects the relatively recent use of deprecate in this sense, appears from the evidence to be now somewhat the commoner of the two. [OED online] self-deprecating - 2.24 million gh self-depreciating - 856,000 gh Re: What is the origin of the expression "all get out" [Re: tsuwm] #205917 05/29/12 06:00 PM 05/29/12 06:00 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Originally Posted By: tsuwm ... the long-established use of the verb depreciate in the sense ‘disparage, belittle’. And currently little used. Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. 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