Out a timing

adjective out-a TIME-in aʊta ˈtaɪmɪn

Also spelled out-a-timing, outta timing, out of timing

Out of place; badly timed; doing or saying the wrong thing at the wrong moment. Someone who is 'out a timing' behaves awkwardly, doesn't read the situation, and does what doesn't fit — laughing at a funeral, butting into grown folks' talk, or turning up where they're not wanted. It marks a person as socially out of sync.

  • Him always a seh someting out a timing.

    He's always saying something out of place.

  • Dat joke did out a timing.

    That joke was badly timed / out of place.

  • Nuh come out a timing inna big-people business.

    Don't butt in awkwardly on grown-folks' business.

From 'out of timing'; out of sync/place, badly timed. See [[facety]], [[renk]].

Out of place / badly timed / socially out of sync. See [[facety]], [[renk]].