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Originally posted by Ray Gunz I15th century (hip hop culture), 'challenge to a duel'.
"Calling out" means to me, challenging a person to step up and debate their stand on some particular issue in a public forum. How the term came to be, I don't have a clue. But my money's on hip-hop culture.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary
click "call out" under 'callout'
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/call%20out
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Originally posted by PhlabibitI was thinking more along the lines of a classic western, where the young hotheaded kid looking to make a name for himself "calls out" the old seasoned gunfighter to a gunfight. You know, "calling him out" of the saloon out into the street where they can shoot it out.
15th century (hip hop culture), 'challenge to a duel'.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary
click "call out" under 'callout'
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/call%20out
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Originally posted by SuzianneI am thinking of a medieval hip-hop cowboy.
I was thinking more along the lines of a classic western, where the young hotheaded kid looking to make a name for himself "calls out" the old seasoned gunfighter to a gunfight. You know, "calling him out" of the saloon out into the street where they can shoot it out.
Originally posted by SuzianneHow about a 15th century gun fight?
I was thinking more along the lines of a classic western, where the young hotheaded kid looking to make a name for himself "calls out" the old seasoned gunfighter to a gunfight. You know, "calling him out" of the saloon out into the street where they can shoot it out.
http://www.albionsmallarms.co.uk/photos/handgun-s.jpg
