offish

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Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
14
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈɒfɪʃ/
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/ˈɒfɪʃ/ · /ˈɔfɪʃ/ · /ˈɑfɪʃ/ · /əˈfɪʃ/

Definition of offish

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (informal)Aloof, standoffish.
    “The English, he was perfectly aware, had been held by the American to be offish and haughty, and the American had stiffened itself to show that, since the question was of turning an unconscious back, the game was playable wherever backs were broad enough to show....”
    “Called "The Patron Saint of Swag," the self-anointed "most-confirmed bachelor" in Nigeria, he made his fortune in cryptocurrency. Now the offish nouveau riche Q spends his nights wasting his cash.”
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adj

  1. (informal)Aloof, standoffish.
    “The English, he was perfectly aware, had been held by the American to be offish and haughty, and the American had stiffened itself to show that, since the question was of turning an unconscious back, the game was playable wherever backs were broad enough to show....”
    “Called "The Patron Saint of Swag," the self-anointed "most-confirmed bachelor" in Nigeria, he made his fortune in cryptocurrency. Now the offish nouveau riche Q spends his nights wasting his cash.”
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial)Clipping of official.
    “Nicole mentioned in her exit interview with Julie that she doesn't know if she and Hayden will make their romance "offish" once Big Brother is over, but she did say they will remain friends. I can certainly work with that.”
    “What a ride it's been, people. Kylie Jenner and Tyga reportedly ended their relationship today more than a year after rumors of their coupling first began. The two denied the rumors for months, though their names kept popping up in headlines together more often than ratchetness and Florida. Conspicuously, they became an offish couple as soon as Kylie turned 18 and them boning was no longer illegal under California laws.”
    “Women on Reddit are sharing after how many dates/amount of time seeing each other they made it offish.”

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Etymology

From off + -ish.

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