Out of pocket
Been busy most of the weekend. I guess sitemeter was crashing sites and stuff. I dunno if it’s fixed. Can you hear me now?
Remember, I do this to entertain me, not you.
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August 3rd, 2008 at 2:08 pm
Yes I hear you now.
August 3rd, 2008 at 3:02 pm
I’ve never really understood that expression. Whose pocket were you out of, and is anyone ever in pocket?
August 3rd, 2008 at 3:02 pm
Nope …can’t hear you at all.
August 3rd, 2008 at 8:55 pm
Xrlq, I checked phrases.org.uk and found this. An excerpt:
… *out of pocket* has come to mean ‘unreachable, absent, unavailable’. Lurking on the Internet discussion group “alt.usage.english,” I’m convinced that this “newer” meaning is at least 25 years old, originally not too common, but now increasingly used over a wide area. In fact the *Dictionary of American Regional English* promises *out of pocket* as a “coming attraction” in the forthcoming Volume IV. Their draft entry is labeled “Chiefly South and South Midland,” a regional distribution that includes southern states (such as Georgia and Alabama), and states just above this region (such as Tennessee and Kentucky). However, I would add that *out of pocket* is also used in Hawaii (thank you!), on the West Coast, in the Midwest and West (especially in Texas), and even in the Northeast (such as in the financial districts of New York City). …
The phrase *out of pocket* also means ‘out of place; out of order’, and often describes unacceptable behavior or situations. This meaning has its roots in Black English of the 1940s, and refers to the pockets on a pool table. An example from a recent edition of *The Los Angeles Times*: “Any outsider who would attempt to engage in that conversation would be out of pocket.”
August 3rd, 2008 at 9:26 pm
I use firefox, never had a problem in the first place.
August 3rd, 2008 at 10:05 pm
That’s interesting, thanks. I’ve heard the phrase quite a bit since moving to the South, but never heard it in Cali.
August 4th, 2008 at 12:43 am
I hear you five-by-five!
August 4th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
I heard it had something to do with Internet Exploder – people still use that?
I’ve only ever known or heard “out of pocket” as having to do with expenses and coming up short thereon. I’ve never heard it used in Hawaii or California