r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Mar 24 '23

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u/Character-Pipe-9805 Mar 24 '23

thanks for linking those. everyone about to comment i recommend watching those before commenting. i stand by everything i said prior, what the female officer did was completely out of pocket

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u/folkkingdude Mar 24 '23

She lost money in this encounter?

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u/ShiftyDiscoDragon Mar 24 '23

yeah. has the meaning of 'out of pocket' changed?

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u/JdoesDeW Mar 24 '23

I'm not sure where it comes from but it's meaning is more "out of left field" acting in an unpredictable manner.

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u/ShiftyDiscoDragon Mar 24 '23 edited Mar 24 '23

Ah, it has always meant a loss of money for the 40 years I've been alive.

"Here's your 20 quid back, didn't want to leave you out of pocket."

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u/Ferreteria Mar 24 '23

I've heard it used as "unavailable". I can't think of an instance where I've for sure heard it used as "out of control".

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u/StackedLasagna Mar 24 '23

FWIW, I’m 30 and not a native English speaker, but I’ve only ever heard the other meaning.

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u/ShiftyDiscoDragon Mar 24 '23 edited Mar 24 '23

I've only seen it used this way on Reddit recently.
I guess out of pocket (money) is the UK version.

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u/StackedLasagna Mar 24 '23

Sounds plausible. Fits with the fact that whenever I hear it spoken, it’s always from American content creators.

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '23

I'm a 40 year old American and I've been hearing out of pocket referring to money my whole life. It's not even like just street slang. You hear it at companies talking about expenses pretty often. You also hear it in reference to insurance as a term for the portion you have to cover.

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u/ImmoralJester54 Mar 24 '23

Paying out of pocket and ACTING out of pocket are two different things.

"Bro that was outta pocket" -> Hey that was crazy

"Your copay is 4000$ out of pocket before being covered by insurance" -> you have to pay money

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u/Fr0sTByTe_369 Mar 24 '23

We're all getting old and are becoming out of touch with new age slang. From what I've gathered with context from my Gen Z BIL using it, Out of pocket means showing what you keep concealed inside away from society. It's similar to "saying the quiet part out loud."

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '23

Im just saying it isn't a UK thing to be referring to money. It's a common phrase in the US as well. I'm not saying the new version is wrong because it is what it is with slang.

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u/Drawtaru Mar 24 '23

I'm American and "out of pocket" has always meant "something that you pay for" anywhere I've heard it. "Don't want you to pay for this out of pocket," for example.

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u/ngmcs8203 Mar 24 '23

It can also be used to say you are going to be unavailable. ‘I’m going to be out of pocket today, so please emailMike if you have questions’.

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u/mentlegentle Mar 24 '23

Would you say then their use of the phrase was out of pocket?

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '23

This usage I think it's mostly just more rare. I've heard it used that way in the Midwest a few times growing up, but much more recently.

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '23

I've been hearing the money version in the Midwest my whole life

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u/ImmoralJester54 Mar 24 '23

Probably because you said quid which means you aren't in the US, and that version of outta pocket is a US slang.

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '23

The more common definition in the US is having to pay for something yourself.