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Adjective: off-color  'óf'kú-lur
Usage: US (elsewhere: off-colour)
  1. In violation of good taste even verging on the indecent
    "an off-color joke";
    - indelicate, off-colour [Brit, Cdn]
     
  2. Humorously vulgar
    "off-color jokes";
    - bawdy, ribald, off-colour [Brit, Cdn]

See also: dirty, tasteless

Encyclopedia: Off-color