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off-axis reflector |
off-base |
off-broadway |
off-center |
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off-color
| off-colour
| off-day
| off-duty
| off-guard
| off-hand
off-color
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective off-color has 2 senses
- off-color(s = adj.all) indelicate, off-colour - in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent; "an indelicate remark"; "an off-color joke"
- off-color(s = adj.all) bawdy, ribald - humorously vulgar; "bawdy songs"; "off-color jokes"; "ribald language"
CIDE DICTIONARY
off-color, adj.
humorously vulgar; mildly obscene; risque; as, an off-color joke. [WordNet 1.5]
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