Out of pocket
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Paid from personal funds. Somehow over the past half year or so, out of pocket has become a new business catchphrase meaning unreachable, out of communication, which is incorrect.
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to be out of control; way off base. usually deserving of a good slapping or a full-blown ass- kicking.
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Out of Pocket is a colloquialism used in the Southern Region of the United States. It is favored by grandparents and great-grandparents. It means to be unreachable in a communication sense. Very common in the days before cell phones.
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The Oxford English Dictionary says out of pocket meaning out of reach, absent, unavailable dates back to the US of the early 20th century:
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A term that should never be used. It is used 99% of the time by D.C. Bureaucrats. Not just any bureaucrat, but sycophant whore climbers. Mostly used by no talent grade 14s in Headquarters with polished shoes who are clamoring to move up.
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out of place; out of order, describes unacceptable behavior or situations. This meaning has its roots in Black English of the 1940s, and refers to the pockets on a pool table.
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unavailable, unreachable
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To leave your designated area or be out of range.
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to [say something] [too far] or someone that acts so goofy that [no definition] can express
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Young hip (primarily black) people use this to mean [out of line], or behaving in a way that is [unacceptable] under the circumstances.
Old business people use this to mean [unreachable] by the usual means.
If you are both a hip black person and a business person, colleagues use of this term in the latter context can be both ambiguous and amusing.
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