off-color jokes
Inappropriate comedic remarks
Off-color jokes are mildly indecent or risqué humor—jokes about sex, bodily functions, or other topics considered inappropriate in polite company.
The term suggests content that's crude but not deeply offensive: He told off-color jokes at the dinner party until his wife shot him a look.
Also called blue humor or dirty jokes.
- risquéBordering on improper
- crudeUnpolished, raw state
- raunchyCrudely sexual in nature
- bawdyHumorously indecent
- lewdObscenely sexual
vulgar · innuendo · blue humor · tongue in cheek · inappropriate · suggestive · naughty · smutty · ribald · double entendre · locker room · water cooler talk · tasteless · racy · potty humor · crass · indecent · crossing the line
- adult humorblue humor, bawdy humor, adult material, vulgar humor, profane humor
- locker room talktrash talk, smack talk, bragging, boasting, razzing
- crude humortoilet humor, potty humor, bathroom humor, bodily functions, belching
- RabelaisianGargantua, carnivalesque, ribaldry, bawdiness, scatology
off-color jokesclean jokes
Inoffensive humor suitable everywhere
dad jokes · corny jokes · puns · knock-knock jokes · gentle humor
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