off-color — • off color • off colored adj 1. Not of the proper hue or shade; not matching a standard color sample. The librarian complained that the painter had used an off color green on the walls. 2. informal Not of the proper kind for polite society; in… … Словарь американских идиом
off-color — adj. humorously vulgar; mildly obscene; risque; as, an off color joke. Syn: bawdy, blue, ribald. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
off-color — adjective 1. ) an off color joke or remark is rude or offensive 2. ) not usually before noun BRITISH feeling slightly sick: I m feeling a little off color today, so I m not going to work … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
off-color — (adj.) 1858, from OFF (Cf. off) (adv.) + COLOR (Cf. color) (n.); originally used of gems; figurative extension to of questionable taste, risqué is American English, 1867 … Etymology dictionary
off-color — [ôf′kul′ər] adj. 1. varying from the usual, standard, or required color ☆ 2. not quite proper; in rather poor taste; risqué [an off color joke] … English World dictionary
off-color — index improper, suggestive (risqué) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
off-color — [adj] risqué blue*, indelicate, purple*, racy*, salty*, shady, suggestive, vulgar, wicked; concept 545 Ant. clean, nice … New thesaurus
Off-color humor — The term off color humor (also known as vulgar humor or crude humor) is an Americanism used to describe jokes, prose, poems, black comedy, blue comedy, insult comedy, cringe comedy and skits that deal with topics that are considered to be in poor … Wikipedia
off-color — /awf kul euhr, of /, adj. 1. not having the usual or standard color: an off color gem. 2. of doubtful propriety or taste; risqué: an off color joke. 3. not in one s usual health: to feel off color. Also, esp. Brit., off colour. Also, off colored… … Universalium
off-color — or[off colored] {adj.} 1. Not of the proper hue or shade; not matching a standard color sample. * /The librarian complained that the painter had used an off color green on the walls./ 2. {informal} Not of the proper kind for polite society; in… … Dictionary of American idioms
off-color — or[off colored] {adj.} 1. Not of the proper hue or shade; not matching a standard color sample. * /The librarian complained that the painter had used an off color green on the walls./ 2. {informal} Not of the proper kind for polite society; in… … Dictionary of American idioms
