sellout

See also: sell-out and sell out

English

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Etymology

A deverbal from sell out.

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Noun

sellout (plural sellouts)

  1. (informal, idiomatic) An action in which principles are compromised for personal gain.
    • 1980 April 19, Philip Shehadi, “Bryant Program Sparks Protest”, in Gay Community News, page 3:
      A statement by the Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights (CLGR), which organized the protest, charged that WPIX's sale of air time to the Anita Bryant Ministries "is a sell-out of the more than one million lesbians and gay residents in the WPIX broadcast service area.
    • 2005, Jesse Helms, “Foreign Relations Experiences”, in Here's Where I Stand: A Memoir‎[1], New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 229:
      When his hearing came up, the sellout of Taiwan was particularly on my mind. I asked him if he thought that Taiwan should be pressured into making an accommodation with the Communist government in Beijing.
      The candidate refused to answer my question.
  2. (informal, idiomatic) A person who compromises his or her principles for financial gain.
    The rock star used to be hardcore, but now he's just a sellout.
  3. The selling of an entire stock of something, especially tickets for an entertainment or sports event.
    I performed in front of a sellout crowd.
    • 1994 October, Michael Bronski, “Queer and Present Danger: Gay Conservatives, Sex and the Christianization of the Gay Movement”, in Gay Community News, page 22:
      Mel White recalls being a high school student and seeing Billy Graham preaching before sell-out crowds at San Francisco's Cow Palace.

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Breton

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Etymology

From Middle Breton sellet, from Proto-Celtic *stillom (“look”), of uncertain ultimate origin.

Verb

sellout

  1. (transitive) to watch
  2. (intransitive, + ouzh) to look at
  3. (transitive) to see
  4. (transitive) to concern
  5. (transitive) to consider

Usage notes

This verb may be used with or without the preposition ouzh:

Emaon o sellout ouzh an tele. ― I'm watching TV.
Emaon o sellout an tele. ― I'm watching TV.

However, when used without ouzh, the verb may take the meaning of "to see" (usually portrayed by the verb gwelet).

Conjugation

Conjugation of sellout
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
indicative present sellan sellez sell sellomp sellit sellont seller
preterite sellis selljout sellas selljomp selljoc'h selljont selljod
imperfect sellen selles selle sellemp sellec'h sellent selled
future sellin selli sello sellimp sellot sellint sellor
subjunctive present sellfen sellfes sellfe sellfemp sellfec'h sellfent sellfed
imperfect selljen selljes sellje selljemp selljec'h selljent selljed
imperative — sell sellet sellomp sellit sellent —
non-finite forms present participle past participle
o sellout sellet (auxiliary verb: kaout)

References

  • Ian Press (1986) A grammar of modern Breton, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 7
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