off-color
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7.7
- adjective
- /ˈɔfˌkɑlər/
- Offensive
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subido de tono
- Jack was a good old boy who had a penchant for off-color jokes and impolite observations.
- off-color jokes
They are all just kind of, you know, like kind of slightly off colour references to sexual piccadillos or whatever.
- They are all just kind of, you know, like kind of slightly off colour references to sexual piccadillos or whatever.
Examples
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Then there's the anxiety of any family gathering: will politics or off-color jokes derail the dinner?
Blog text (4) -
That was an off-color joke, obviously.
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One time, I did something a little bit off color, shall we say?
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A little off-color, but very nice.
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I was waiting for you to make some off-color remark.
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From time to time, the office boy appears with his racy comments and off-color jokes.
Fiction book (1995) -
Jack was a good old boy who had a penchant for off-color jokes and impolite observations.
Academic text (2007) -
My sister's new boyfriend is loud, tells off-color jokes, and is coming to our Thanksgiving dinner this year.
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Annabelle started to tell an off-color story about something her husband had said to her shortly after their divorce.
Synonyms
10
9.3
Talking about sex in a funny or rude way
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7.1
Saying or doing something rude that upsets people
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9.5
Speech or behavior that is rude about sex to make people laugh
Antonyms
How Indecent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word off-color comes from the parts off ('not') and color, where something 'off' in color was 'not quite right', and people began using the idea for speech that is a bit 'not proper'. So, an off-color joke is one that is slightly indecent or in poor taste.