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offish¹

  • /ˈɒfɪʃ/ UK
  • /ˈɔfɪʃ/ US
  • /ˈɑfɪʃ/ US

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From off + -ish.

adjective more offish · most offish

  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....

    Similar: remote, reserved, aloof, cool, distant, frosty, hankty, hard-to-get, offish, quiet, standoffish, strange

offish²

  • /əˈfɪʃ/

adjective more offish · most offish

  1. abbreviation, 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.

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@misc{offish_2026,
  title = {offish},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/offish},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}