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or off-colored
as in suggestive
hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent
the movie was rated PG-13 for some swearing and off-color jokes
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Recent Examples of off-color
The stuff that comes out of Mike’s mouth is very off-color a lot of the time.
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Lynette Rice, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2025
Don’t let that off-color icon worry you.
—PCMAG, 24 Jan. 2025
Huffman liked to do impersonations and had a profane streak; he was once forced to apologize for making an off-color joke at an office party.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 13 Jan. 2025
There are tangents and off-color stories.
—Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2025
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Lynette Rice, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2025
Don’t let that off-color icon worry you.
—PCMAG, 24 Jan. 2025
Huffman liked to do impersonations and had a profane streak; he was once forced to apologize for making an off-color joke at an office party.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 13 Jan. 2025
There are tangents and off-color stories.
—Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for off-color
Adjective
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Commenters argued the suggestive nature of the song could direct bad actors toward LaR'iyah's videos.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
11 June 2025
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The movie is quite true to its world - a world full of slapstick comedy, unfunny jokes, and vulgar and suggestive dialogues.—
Sweta Kaushal,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
Adjective
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Some Asian ingredients include spicy xo sauce, Japanese snow crab and A5 Miyazaki Gyu, a top-grade Japanese wagyu beef.—
Samantha Husted,
Charlotte Observer,
5 June 2025
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Both of our children were a week past their due dates...so when spicy food, all that walking, and acupuncture didn't work - there was only one thing left to do!—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 June 2025
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“Off-color.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/off-color. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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