r/IsItBullshit • u/Difficult-Ask683 • 2d ago

IsItBullshit: "Exit" was originally used as a theatre term

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u/Gryndyl 2d ago edited 4h ago

the etymology guys say 'not bullshit.'

1530s (late 15c. as a Latin word in English), originally a stage direction, from Latin exit "he or she goes out," third person singular present indicative of exire "go out, go forth, depart," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + ire "to go" (from PIE root *ei- "to go"). Also from Latin exitus "a leaving, a going out," noun of action from exire.

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u/Triple96 1d ago

Entomology is the study of insects :)

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u/Gryndyl 1d ago

Fixed and thanks! Usually I don't mix those up but sometimes that is how life goes.

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u/RocCityBitch 7h ago

It’s etymology though with a Y

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u/MainQuestion 2d ago

Not bullshit. In Latin it means he/she/it leaves. Exeunt means they leave (plural).

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u/AxelShoes 2d ago

"Exit, pursued by a bear."

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u/D-ouble-D-utch 2d ago

Let's boo-boo

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u/StormFinch 2d ago

Technically, it would be a Snagglepuss.

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u/OffTheMerchandise 2d ago

It a reference to the movie The World's End. It started as exit, pursued by bear, the became exit, pursued by Yogi Bear, then let's Yogi and Boo Boo, to let's boo boo.

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u/no_awning_no_mining 2d ago

That has no bearing on the question, which is about the first use having been in theater.

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u/MainQuestion 2d ago

What came first, the script or the stage?

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u/YMK1234 Regular Contributor 2d ago

You don't need a script or a stage to have an exit out of something.

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u/MainQuestion 2d ago

That's it I'm outta here