ADJECTIVE
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in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent
an off-color joke
an indelicate remark -
humorously vulgar
bawdy songs
ribald language
off-color jokes
How To Use off-color In A Sentence
- off-color jokes
- He's so modest, though, he'd blush if someone made an off-color remark.
- After three attempts my patience erodes to the point that I begin mumbling a string of off-color language to the howling wind. Excerpt: The Privilege of Youth by Dave Pelzer
- She paused to chuckle at an off-color joke someone felt the need to share with anyone listening.
- Gypsy moths can attack bur oak; oak lacebug can turn the leaves off-color, causing long-term stress that heavily defoliates bur oaks in shelterbelt plantings, especially during dry weather.
- And thank heavens they used "fornicate" in lieu of "fuck" in the above missive; otherwise, one might have considered this a bit off-color. SFist
- Did the same off-color jokes circulate in the grade schools of Minneapolis and Johnson City?
- For example, two people who like or respect one another may share some off-color humor, laugh, and consider it funny.
- In the cartoons where off-color humor works, it's hilarious as hell, but in those where it doesn't, it tanks.
- Brash and comical, the CEO isn't afraid to tell an off-color joke in public.
