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OFF-COLOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does off-color mean?
• OFF-COLOR (adjective)
The adjective OFF-COLOR has 2 senses:
1. in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent
2. humorously vulgar
Familiarity information: OFF-COLOR used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In violation of good taste even verging on the indecent
Synonyms:
indelicate; off-color; off-colour
Context example:
an off-color joke
Similar:
tasteless (lacking aesthetic or social taste)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Humorously vulgar
Synonyms:
Context example:
ribald language
Similar:
dirty ((of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency)
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