Adam Carolla talks about how DJ Khaled was on Sean Evans's show "Hot Ones," and Khaled ended up giving up only partway through while insisting that he wasn't quitting. This idea of giving up but not quitting made no sense to Carolla or Evans, but it kind of makes sense to me, so I'm going to defend Khaled here.
Think about it this way: if someone tells you to run ten laps around the track, then you do three laps and stop, you can—without contradiction—say that you're giving up but not quitting. Giving up is normally a synonym for quitting, yes, but in this context, the expression could be an awkward, incomplete way of saying giving up for the moment. (And do we seriously expect technical linguistic perfection from a record producer?)
After all, a person who pauses after three laps of a ten-lap run might eventually complete all ten laps—just not in the normal or allotted amount of time (i.e., he didn't quit). Yes, I do realize Khaled was only trying to save face, but I'm rejecting the idea that he was saying anything logically contradictory.
Now, I need to watch the episode in question to see whether Khaled eventually made it through all ten wings. If he didn't, then perhaps Sean and Adam are right to think Khaled was being self-contradictory. If he didn't eat all ten wings, then giving up and quitting are definitely the same thing in this case.
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