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Rimma Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

What does white-out mean?

Hello there,

Could anyone help me out with these expressions, please?
1) "If you don't have/have a white-out, never mind"
2) lose your shirt
3 )quit cold turkey or go cold turkey: what's the difference?
4) The company LETTER HEAD even looks ancient

Thank you.
  

Top answer

1) "If you don't have/have a white-out, never mind" White-out has two meanings. A) In the old days of typewriters, white-out was a white liquid that came in a bottle with a little brush. If you typed the wrong letter, you could paint over it with white-out, and then type over the white-out with the right letter.

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  • 1) "If you don't have/have a white-out, never mind" White-out has two meanings.
  • A) In the old days of typewriters, white-out was a white liquid that came in a bottle with a little brush.
  • If you typed the wrong letter, you could paint over it with white-out, and then type over the white-out with the right letter.
  • B) When it snows so hard that you cannot see ahead of you, you are in a white-out.
  • It is a weather condition of thick snowfall.
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1) "If you don't have/have a white-out, never mind"

White-out has two meanings.
A) In the old days of typewriters, white-out was a white liquid that came in a bottle with a little brush. If you typed the wrong letter, you could paint over it with white-out, and then type over the white-out with the right letter.

B) When it snows so hard that you cannot see ahead of
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One more question, are they synonyms

go cold turkey and quit cold turkey?

Thanks.
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I've heard both expressions, but "(He tried to) quit cold turkey" much more frequently.
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Thank you very much!
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