{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"Narwhal (narwhal)'s status on Sunday, 21-Jun-15 09:28:34 UTC","author_name":"Narwhal (narwhal)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/narwhal","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3944303","html":"@metaltao<\/span><\/a><\/span> In the phrase "light out" the word "light" is being used as a verb to remove<\/i> the light from a source like a lantern or candle (which in retrospect seems kind of counter-intuitive, but it's actually just because it's a warped version of "turn out the lights"). In the phrase "lights out", it is often a shortened version of "knocking someone's lights out", as in knocking someone out. Though "lights out" can be used with the former meaning of "light out", so I don't know if I'd say the two have completely different meanings as much as one possess specific connotations unique from the other."}