Hmmmmm...
Euphectasy
30-11-2006, 19:26
Ever wonder why they call it white out when its getting black or some other color out.
Hydesland
30-11-2006, 19:27
They call it white out?
Ladamesansmerci
30-11-2006, 19:29
That must be the greatest philosophical question of all time!
The Potato Factory
30-11-2006, 19:29
I call it a black out when the power's gone. Actually, I call it a "Oh goddamn it, I was just halfway to Bravil and I didn't save."
Farnhamia
30-11-2006, 19:29
Ever wonder why they call it white out when its getting black or some other color out.
No.
Euphectasy
30-11-2006, 19:29
what else would they call it?
Hydesland
30-11-2006, 19:31
what else would they call it?
black out.
Wilgrove
30-11-2006, 19:31
what else would they call it?
Liquid paper?
ChuChuChuChu
30-11-2006, 19:31
Ever wonder why they call it white out when its getting black or some other color out.
I didnt think it was called that. Its always been black out to me
Ladamesansmerci
30-11-2006, 19:32
I didnt think it was called that. Its always been black out to me
So you live in permanent darkness? :eek:
Smunkeeville
30-11-2006, 19:32
Liquid paper?
correction fluid?
White-out is a brand name
that's like asking why do they call it band aids when it doesn't aid bands.
IL Ruffino
30-11-2006, 19:34
+1
Hydesland
30-11-2006, 19:35
+1
-1?
Wilgrove
30-11-2006, 19:36
correction fluid?
White-out is a brand name
that's like asking why do they call it band aids when it doesn't aid bands.
White Out and Band Aids are brand names, BTW Band Aids are really adhesive strips.
ChuChuChuChu
30-11-2006, 19:36
So you live in permanent darkness? :eek:
They don't have support groups for people like me :(
Farnhamia
30-11-2006, 19:37
White Out and Band Aids are brand names, BTW Band Aids are really adhesive strips.
Sanka!
Smunkeeville
30-11-2006, 19:38
White Out and Band Aids are brand names, BTW Band Aids are really adhesive strips.
yeah, that was my point..........:headbang:
Purple Android
30-11-2006, 21:17
Ever wonder why they call it white out when its getting black or some other color out.
Ive never heard white out before :confused:
Over hear we always call it black out...
From Answers.com:
white (trans. verb), whit·ed, whit·ing, whites.
1. To whiten; whitewash.
2. To blanch.
So, to "white out" something is to whiten it until it is no longer visible. Just like "black out", "rub out", "cross out", etc.
Ultraviolent Radiation
30-11-2006, 21:57
What the hell is this topic about? Nobody ever calls anything whiting out in my experience. The only time I've seen it used was to mean something similar to "black out" in a Pokémon game on the GBC.
"Black out" I've heard used for becoming unconscious (and "The Blackout" during the second world war).