Talk:night out

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night out

Just a night out, right? Or is that right out? I think it would be right to take it out, outright. Or is there something else to write out? --Rising Sun talk? 22:45, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

See also (deprecated template usage) day out, which someone has glossed as idiomatic. I doubt that anybody would talk about having an "hour out" or a "day in", but they could certainly have a "night in". I don't know how I feel about it yet. Equinox ◑ 22:49, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

I think both have some implied knowledge, a night out is usually gonna refer to a bar or a nightclub, not walking the dog or visiting your parents. Is that enough to keep it, probably yes. Mglovesfun (talk) 22:52, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

See also evening out, which should be evened out and is also a noun in a similar vein. And to continue the puns, the definiton for night out would need a rewrite by someone who can outwrite Gobbler. --Rising Sun talk? 22:53, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

nightout as a single word is definitely citable, which would therefore make night out valid too. --Rising Sun talk? 00:09, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

I updated night out with: "Spending the evening out of one's home. The phrase typically implies going to a restaurant, going to watch entertainment, or other types of urban nightlife." If that sounds palatable, I'd be happy to do "evening out" as well. Note that we have "on the town" so we don't need "night on the town". Facts707 09:15, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Adding the time "starting from about 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and lasting until approximately 11:00 pm or later. " doesn't look like dictionary material here. the time we spend on a night out depends on many things, and varies with culture, season, temperature, how much we've drunk at home etc.! It's a bit similar to defining breakfast as a meal we eat between 6:00 and 11:00 am [I've had my breakfast after noon many times, and still call it breakfast) --Rising Sun talk? contributions 22:20, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

I think we have to consider what the phrase generally implies to the large majority of English speaking people. Most people have breakfast in the morning, but sure you can have it any time of day. I think night out typically means an evening out (OK, I just added this too) for most people in English speaking countries. Sure, if you speak English and live in Spain you might party from 11 p.m. til 5 a.m., but that's the exception rather than the rule. Facts707 22:32, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Having said that, maybe we need two senses as in breakfast (1: first meal of the day, usually in the morning, and 2: food usually eaten at breakfast such as eggs, etc. that could be eaten at other times). Facts707 22:56, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Kept. Mglovesfun (talk) 08:26, 7 July 2010 (UTC)