Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Exhibiting bad taste.
- adjective Varying from the usual, expected, or required color.
- adjective Not in good health or spirits.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not of standard coloration; differing from the shade or pattern of color considered as characteristic. The term is generally applied to domesticated animals.
- Somewhat improper or indecent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective humorously vulgar; mildly obscene; risque.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective idiomatic
dirty ,vulgar orobscene - adjective idiomatic
different thanusual - adjective idiomatic in
poor health
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent
- adjective humorously vulgar
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Examples
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They found their patrons were more willing to pay money to see an off-color than a decent one.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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Penguins fans jeered, made cracks about Stanley Cup deficits and Ovechkin chokes, about history and heartache, some that were off-color and some that were G-rated.
Caps fans, Pittsburgh, New Year's Eve Dan Steinberg 2011
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To do that, there will be times when I'll need to understand slangy, off-color, and downright weird words -- all kinds -- if for no other reason than to understand what people around me are saying.
Ensename, por favor! 2009
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To do that, there will be times when I'll need to understand slangy, off-color, and downright weird words -- all kinds -- if for no other reason than to understand what people around me are saying.
Ensename, por favor! 2009
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To do that, there will be times when I'll need to understand slangy, off-color, and downright weird words -- all kinds -- if for no other reason than to understand what people around me are saying.
Ensename, por favor! 2009
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Rigo and its off-color, or rather on-color, confection was but one stop that the baker and I—she's been on Duane Street for two decades, and before that owned Lanciani, a bakery in the Village—visited during a trip down petit four memory lane.
Tiny Reasons for Hope Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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She laughed easily, and told off-color jokes now and then, too, that made him laugh.
Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011
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The worst smack of tawdriness, even indecency, which is why puns, like off-color jokes, are often followed by apologies.
Punditry 2009
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That was followed by an off-color declaration about his sister-in-law at Brennan's in July of 2009 that was filmed and posted on YouTube.
Alcoholic Mayor Wants Another Chance Douglas Belkin 2011
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To do that, there will be times when I'll need to understand slangy, off-color, and downright weird words -- all kinds -- if for no other reason than to understand what people around me are saying.
Ensename, por favor! 2009
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