callout
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- noun
- /ˈkælˌaʊt/
- Texting
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mención pública
- "Callout Cards," which can be printed, posted on Facebook or MySpace, or emailed, are great tools for dealing with online problems.
Examples
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Enough pages that I deserved a callout.
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And while I think this mini-callout was kind of optional on his part, his tone has been civil and his stance well argued.
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A MetaTalk callout encourages people to look again and think about the post, about who is for or against it, and why.
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Use callouts with your teammates; communication allows you to work more efficiently as a team.
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Callouts are welcome... hint hint.
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There isn't a week that goes by that every employee in my area has no overtime or callouts.
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Those wouldn't erode the original content and are specific callouts that get more attention than this guy deserves.
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I'm sorry if I gave you the impression that I actually cared about this callout, and that's a hilarious amount of condescension in one paragraph.
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The cops had made the callouts to the coroner's and crime scene offices by landline since they knew the Rocky and the Post monitored their radio frequencies.
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The event included a special callout for volunteers who helped make the festival a success.
Synonyms
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3.2
A request asking people to do something or be present
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6.3
A public word of thanks and praise often said during an event or online
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Morphology
Etymology
The word callout comes from call + out, which means 'to call loudly' or 'to name in public'. That's why a callout can be a public mention or a request for help, like someone calling a name to get attention.