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offish

adj
/ˈɒfɪʃ/UK/ˈɔfɪʃ/US/əˈfɪʃ/

Etymology

From off + -ish.

  1. inherited from *h₂epo✻ — “from, off, back”
  2. inherited from *ab✻ — “from”
  3. inherited from *ab✻
  4. inherited from of
  5. inherited from of
  6. suffixed as offish — “off + -ish”

Definitions

  1. Aloof, standoffish.

    • 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. 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.
    • Women on Reddit are sharing after how many dates/amount of time seeing each other they made it offish.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for offish. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA