off color



off color

mod. dirty or smutty; raunchy. (Usually hyphenated before a nominal.) That joke was sort of off color.
See also: color, off

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Bertrandber-TRAWN (French), BUR-trənd (English)French, English, Ancient Germanic
Beck[bek]
Betharibe-TAH-reeIndonesian, Javanese
Kira (1)KEE-rahRussian
Virginieveer-zhee-NEEFrench
Hyacinth (1)HIE-ə-sinth (English)Greek Mythology (Anglicized)