Talk:clout
I see the misuse of the political sense of clout continues. The term originated in Chicago and, without exception, had to include bending, if not outright breaking, a rule. To really be clout in the true sense of the word, it must be borderline illegal. e.g. calling one's clout to get a traffice ticket fixed.
Rare verb use, slang[edit]
I'm not convinced this has enough examples yet, but here's the first use
This use of clout is to mean to pull strings for someone by having clout.
- SCHAPER: Indeed, it is. Although I wonder if my alderman can clout me in for free. David Schaper, NPR News, Chicago. [1] (The speaker, discussing Chicago and politics, having just been told will need to pay for a ticket, wonders if the tradition of politicians having clout and being able to get free things persists.)
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Newly added: hip-hop slang for an attention-seeker. Equinox ◑ 10:44, 11 October 2018 (UTC)
- Searching for lyrics, I I got some of these - I'll add some lyrics to clout anyway
- They chasin for the clout While i smoke girl scout Paper never on drought Cuz i stay countin clout
- You a clout chaser bitch, get out my booth You would suck a dude just to smoke his fucking Juul I say you a clout chaser bitch, get out my booth
- Cause all those guys have been in there. Now you may be asking why. Because you're fucking clout bitch
- "clout chaser" seems kinda popular. --WF110 (talk) 11:45, 12 October 2018 (UTC)
- I can't imagine a "clout chaser" being someone who chases attention-seekers; so those all look like sense 1 ("influence or effectiveness"), except possibly the "fucking clout bitch" which isn't clear to me (reads like an adjective). Equinox ◑ 14:55, 12 October 2018 (UTC)
- I think "clout" refers to fame and celebrity, and a "clout chaser" is someone who only cares about being associated with the above. I wouldn't read too much into the syntactic details here- this is supposed to fit the music/rhythm rather than make sense word-for-word. Chuck Entz (talk) 22:51, 14 October 2018 (UTC)
- OK, then we need to change the sense from "attention-seeker" to "attention"? What does that mean for the RFV? Equinox ◑ 06:15, 2 November 2018 (UTC)
RFV-resolved- Definition changed to "attention", which I consider cited by the lyrics found by WF110. Kiwima (talk) 04:02, 18 November 2018 (UTC)