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pmpkn087
Life is good...
Member since 9/05 18504 total posts
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Stephanie
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Re: Has anyone heard this expression before?
VERY common here in the office.
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Marybeth222
My Girls!
Member since 5/05 2688 total posts
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Marybeth
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Re: Has anyone heard this expression before?
Lauren -
Haven't you started to spell organisation their way yet? LOL we work at the same company
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| Posted 11/28/07 12:26 PM |
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Lisa
I'm a PANK!!!
Member since 5/05 22334 total posts
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Professional Aunts No Kids
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Re: Has anyone heard this expression before?
I have never heard it used that way
I thought it meant that you were out money if you were out of pocket....
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| Posted 11/28/07 12:33 PM |
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Wendy
Wheeee!
Member since 5/05 13736 total posts
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Re: Has anyone heard this expression before?
Urban Dictionary ...
To leave your designated area or be out of range.
Can you cover for me? I'm gonna be out of pocket for a whle.
But the # 6 & 7 definitions might be my favorite:
6. When a ho who pays a pimp looks at another pimp or otherwise conversates with him.
That ****** was out of pocket so I broke her grill.
7. A ho who ain't got no folks. A prostitute who pockets her own money i.e. doesn't have a pimp.
I ma smack you up *****. You's an out of pocket ho.
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| Posted 11/28/07 12:37 PM |
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ChilisWife
God Bless America
Member since 5/05 3572 total posts
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A.K.
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Re: Has anyone heard this expression before?
this has been around awhile, I've used it myself at work
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| Posted 11/28/07 12:38 PM |
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Bugaboo
Relax!
Member since 5/05 2133 total posts
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Re: Has anyone heard this expression before?
I've heard it sooo many times when I was working. It's one of those expressions that annoys the crap out of me.
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| Posted 11/28/07 12:53 PM |
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MiaB
LIF Zygote
Member since 7/06 13 total posts
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Re: Has anyone heard this expression before?
Since my job here IS research....here is an answer to your question:
Original meaning:
1. Lacking money; also, having suffered a financial loss, as in We can't go; I'm out of pocket right now. William Congreve had it in The Old Bachelor (1693): "But egad, I'm a little out of pocket at present." [Late 1600s]
2. Referring to actual money spent, as in I had to pay the hotel bill out of pocket, but I know I'll be reimbursed. This expression sometimes occurs as a hyphenated adjective mainly in the phrase out-of-pocket expenses, as in My out-of-pocket expenses for business travel amounted to more than a thousand dollars. [Late 1800s]
Modern Day Meaning:
: OUT OF POCKET - "Used in the Southwest for 'absent, unavailable.' 'I'll be out of pocket awhile, but I'll call you as soon as I can." From the "Happy Trails: Western Words and Sayings" chapter in the "Facts on File Dictionary of American Regionalisms: Local Expressions from Coast to Coast" by Robert Hendrickson (Facts on File, New York, 2000).
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| Posted 11/28/07 12:58 PM |
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nrthshgrl
It goes fast. Pay attention.
Member since 7/05 57538 total posts
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Re: Has anyone heard this expression before?
Very common but shouldn't be used in a business context.
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| Posted 11/28/07 1:04 PM |
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sunflower13
LIF Infant
Member since 11/07 163 total posts
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Lara
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Re: Has anyone heard this expression before?
never heard it before...but I am a nurse and not in a corporate setting. Sounds kind of strange though
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| Posted 11/28/07 1:11 PM |
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sunflowerjesss
Mommy to 3!
Member since 10/05 20369 total posts
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Jesss, duh.
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Re: Has anyone heard this expression before?
New one to me!
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| Posted 11/28/07 1:11 PM |
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Lucky09
2017!
Member since 1/06 7537 total posts
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DW
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Re: Has anyone heard this expression before?
My old Manager used to say it ALL THE TIME.
Thanks for the laugh... 
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| Posted 11/28/07 1:14 PM |
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imas98
Love my Furbaby
Member since 10/07 1140 total posts
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Re: Has anyone heard this expression before?
Posted by Ginger123
i have seen it ... dorky if u ask me
ITA
I would NEVER use it
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| Posted 11/28/07 1:18 PM |
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Emily
Kasey & Me! Lurves it!
Member since 7/06 8703 total posts
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STBHC
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Re: Has anyone heard this expression before?
I read the definitons and it still sounds British, not American.
"I will be out of pocket with my bloody wanker friend who I just got out of the dustbin." 
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| Posted 11/28/07 1:22 PM |
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neenie
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Re: Has anyone heard this expression before?
Was the email recipient a Quarterback?
if not, it really doesn't make much sense. 
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| Posted 11/28/07 1:25 PM |
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Re: Has anyone heard this expression before?
I've never heard it! No at at my job uses it. I work for a large international corporation!
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| Posted 11/28/07 1:49 PM |
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TeddyBear922
LIF Adult
Member since 8/06 1265 total posts
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Chris
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Re: Has anyone heard this expression before?
Never heard it!
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| Posted 11/28/07 1:51 PM |
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LaurenExp
Waiting patiently for baby sis
Member since 8/06 11613 total posts
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L-Diddy EDD 11/11/11 :)
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Re: Has anyone heard this expression before?
Ha! I figured out what it meant I just never heard the expression before. Out of pocket to me means what it's going to cost you after insurance covers what they cover 
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| Posted 11/28/07 2:00 PM |
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LaurenExp
Waiting patiently for baby sis
Member since 8/06 11613 total posts
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L-Diddy EDD 11/11/11 :)
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Re: Has anyone heard this expression before?
Posted by Marybeth222
Lauren -
Haven't you started to spell organisation their way yet? LOL we work at the same company
No, but my British flag is a-wavin in my cubicle!
God save the Queen!!
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| Posted 11/28/07 2:01 PM |
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Re: Has anyone heard this expression before?
Posted by LaurenExp
Ha! I figured out what it meant I just never heard the expression before. Out of pocket to me means what it's going to cost you after insurance covers what they cover
 me too!
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| Posted 11/28/07 2:01 PM |
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shiv
Twinsanity!!
Member since 5/07 4747 total posts
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Shiv
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Re: Has anyone heard this expression before?
Posted by stephanief
Posted by QuoteTheRaven424
very common in corporate america
I have been in corporate america for about 8 years and have never heard this
I HAVE heard too many times to mention "at the end of the day...." and "it is what it is" though
oh totally- these 2 are always being thrown around. never heard out of pocket, does sound british through.
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| Posted 11/28/07 2:09 PM |
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Salason
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Re: Has anyone heard this expression before?
Posted by JessInCA
Posted by QuoteTheRaven424
very common in corporate america
Yup, they use it at my company all the time. My understanding is that it means they'll be there at work, but you won't be able to get in touch with them.
I hear it all the time but usually in the context of out of the office AND out of reach (no blackberry, vmail access etc.)
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| Posted 11/28/07 3:22 PM |
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GenLCSW
Baby # 3 is here!!!
Member since 7/05 21138 total posts
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Genna
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Re: Has anyone heard this expression before?
never heard of that expression 
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| Posted 11/28/07 3:40 PM |
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LFitzy79
can hardly wait
Member since 5/05 2650 total posts
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Lauren
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Re: Has anyone heard this expression before?
very common around the office
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| Posted 11/28/07 3:47 PM |
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SPECIALNEEDSMOMMY
A Healing for Gregory
Member since 1/07 1217 total posts
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Barbara
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Re: Has anyone heard this expression before?
It's been used in the corporate world for years ... but, it always sounded silly to me.
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| Posted 11/28/07 4:23 PM |
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Tine73
Member since 3/06 22093 total posts
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Re: Has anyone heard this expression before?
yep - hear it all the time.
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| Posted 11/28/07 4:26 PM |
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