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adjective, adverb
1.
Sports. illegally beyond a prescribed line or area or in advance of the ball or puck at the beginning of or during play or a play: The touchdown was nullified because the offensive left tackle was offside.
2.
with or in doubtful propriety or taste; risqué: an offside joke.
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Offside
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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Word Origin & History
offside
1867, in various sporting senses, originally in Eng. football.
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