Definitions for off-color

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. indelicate, off-color, off-colour(adj)

    in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent

    "an indelicate remark"; "an off-color joke"

  2. bawdy, off-color, ribald(adj)

    humorously vulgar

    "bawdy songs"; "off-color jokes"; "ribald language"

Wiktionary

  1. off-color(Adjective)

    dirty, vulgar or obscene

    He told an off-color joke.

  2. off-color(Adjective)

    different than usual

    The critics described the pop star's new album as very off-color.


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