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touted

Postby William Hupy » Tue Jan 27, 2015 5:46 pm

This word started as jargon for thieves, with the meaning of "to be on the lookout". Then it morphed into look for votes, customers, jobs, etc. Naturally, when a person does this he may have to highly praise someone and thus its progression into the word we know today. Interesting, that even before it became a word familiar to thieves, it evolved from proto Germanic to Old English to Middle English as a word for a projection.
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Re: touted

Postby Slava » Tue Feb 03, 2015 7:48 pm

I gather that in British slang a tout is what American types would call a scalper.
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Re: touted

Postby Perry Lassiter » Wed Feb 04, 2015 11:21 pm

I mostly hear it as a vrb meaning to promote or sell something. "I don't know what kind of panacea he's touting this days, but he's at it again!"mseems like I've heard the word applied to certain circus personnel...may elephant tenders?
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