However, in precisely the same manner as we recognize endocentricity and exocentricity in linguistic distribution, i.e. as regards the 'linguimacrosemes', so we must likewise recognize the endocetric and exocentric features of the non-linguistic distribution, i.e. as regards the 'ethnomacrosemes'. For example, 'applesauce', as a designation of a food is semantically endocentric, but when used as an exclamation of disbelief or disgust (roughly equivalent to 'Horse feathers!' or 'Bologna!') it is exocentric.
- Nida (1951), a pag.12