Talk:blank out

RFV discussion
To lose power. "The TV screen blanked out because of the power cut." What else can "blank out" in a power cut? Not lights or a refrigerator. Equinox ◑ 16:22, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Very suspect. Any kind of visual display could. But the blanking is the consequence, not the power failure itself (Though that might change over time, I don't think the change has happened yet.)
 * I have added the general intransitive sense "to become blank".
 * "I blanked (out) on PHP for the certification exam."
 * "The movie screen blanked (out) when the replacement projectionist changed reels."
 * I don't know whether we should rely on this new general sense for all of the possible intransitive senses or whether the most common ones merit a separate sense. DCDuring TALK 17:02, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

RFV failed, sense removed. —Ruakh TALK 17:05, 1 November 2010 (UTC)