off-color \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 v.0.48
off-color
adj 1: in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent; "an
indelicate remark"; "an off-color joke" [syn: indelicate,
off-colour]
2: humorously vulgar; "bawdy songs"; "off-color jokes"; "ribald
language" [syn: bawdy, ribald]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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