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[awf-thuh-shelf, of-]

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adjective

readily available from merchandise in stock.

made according to a standardized format; not developed for specialized or individual needs; ready-made: off-the-shelf computer programs.

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Origin:
1945–50

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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
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Off-the-shelf is always a great word to know.

So is interrobang. Does it mean:

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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off-the-shelf definition

mod.
readily available; purchasable without any special difficulties or delays. : This is just plain old off-the-shelf hand lotion. Isn't it great?

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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"Dizzy: Say, don't you think about anything but flying? When did the bug first bite you?
Tommy: You remember the day Lindy came back from Paris?... I was only a kid, but I'll never forget it. They wrote "Welcome Home" with smoke across the sky and signed it QB.... I didn't even know what QB meant. Then someone told me about the quiet burglar. Old pilots joining together to help the flying game. I loved that. They seemed apart from ordinary people.
Dizzy: Oh they were. That, that first QB hanger was a great place. Each pilot had his own drinking mug, and whenever one got bumped off, they put the mug on the shelf over the bar, bottom up, and your first drink was always a silent toast to the shelf."

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