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off
adjective- distant, aloof, negative UK, 1555
- I looked over at her to try to judge her mood, and thought she looked a bit off. — Mary Hooper, (megan)2, pp. 164–5, 1999
- having lost interest in; averse to UK, 1908
- — The Guardian, 5 September 2000
- disgusting, revolting AUSTRALIA
- I reckon it’s a bit off, kids like us making out we’re Toorak types[.] — Jenny Pausacker, What are ya?, p. 70, 1987
- They gawped at the derros and prostitutes and drooled, “Do something off. Go on.” — Kathy Lette, Girls’ Night Out, p. 85, 1987
- You’re so off to her Kez. — Kathy Lette, Girls’ Night Out, p. 126, 1987
- Imagine that, cleaning the house on your own birthday! I reckon that is off. — Kylie Mole (Maryanne Fahey), My Diary, p. 3, 1988
- That’s fucken off. What’s so special about Earthlings anyway? — Linda Jaivin, Rock n Roll Babes from Outer Space, p. 99, 1996
- of a street-prostitute, being with a client (and, therefore, off the street where the service is offered for sale) UK
- “Tuesday night’s always a bad night for me.” “Been off yet?” He wants to know because it’s a point of honour to him to beat the girls at their own game [...] “Yes, I’ve been off. Four!” It’s always satisfactory to start the night with a client for £4. — Anonymous Streetwalker, pp. 18–19, 1959
- not using drugs US
- “You mean you’re off it?” “Yeah, off it. I’m kicking it.” — Hal Ellson, The Golden Spike, p. 103, 1952
- “Anyway, I didn’t want to come around because I knew you was off. You off completely?” — William Burroughs, Junkie, p. 118, 1953
▶ be off!; be off with you!
go away! UK, 1842
Old-fashioned, but still in use.- “Sorry to trouble you, Mr Jay,” said the snivelling wretch, “but there’s something here I don’t quite understand.” “Be off with you,” replied the great man, “that piece was written for only three people in Britain and you are not one of them.” — New Statesman, 13 September 1999
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