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off someone

off someone

Date: Dec 03 2009

Themes: Pop Culture

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“I would never off myself with pills. If I had to do it, I would do it the way everyone else would do it, by beating myself with pots and pans.”

- Zach Braff addresses internet rumors that he killed himself. (USA Today)

Definition

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kill someone

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Here’s some advice: if anyone ever says he’s going to off you, start running. To off someone means to kill someone.

Recently, a rumor spread the over internet that Zach Braff had committed suicide by swallowing too many pills. When Braff says he wouldn’t off himself with pills, he means he wouldn’t kill himself that way. He jokes that he’d do it by banging himself over the head with pots and pans instead.

Killing is one of those things that isn’t very pleasant to talk about directly. So a lot of different words, or euphemisms, have been developed to refer to it indirectly. Someone could say he’s going to take you out, do you in, take care of you, or terminate you. It all means the same thing. Run.

Some of the most colorful euphemisms for killing were developed by (who else?) gangsters in the 1930s. To put someone in cement boots doesn’t mean to provide someone with unusual footwear. It means to weigh someone down with concrete after killing him, so that when he’s tossed underwater his body won’t come floating back up to the surface.

Zach Braff makes a joke about the rumor someone spread that he’d killed himself. But gossip can be hurtful. Has anyone ever spread a false rumor about you?

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“Don’t move or I’ll off you.”

“I can’t believe Omar got offed on The Wire. He was my favorite character.”

“He may be a criminal, but he would never off someone for no reason. “

“My brother said he’d off me if I ever touched his iPhone again.”

Winners

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I think off means make oneself die.
by Mr.Bean's wife
I would never off means I would never destroy myself
by monacovalentina
fedorame to kill,to take over the life
by fedorame
_Sasha_ "off" means "to kill", and in this context - "commit suicide"
by _Sasha_
iliakmal off someone..kill oneself...suicide
by iliakmal

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yilay

Myanmar

I wanna to learn English languged

04:33 PM Dec 03 2009 |

Zambuka

Zambuka

United States

this man has so stupid face and air of eyes….but off himself … come on)) he's not able to do it) too weak)

02:33 PM Dec 03 2009 |

iwori

iwori

Japan

I'll off you if you disturb my happy sleep time!

02:28 PM Dec 03 2009 |

moonface8888

Egypt

I'm going to off you, if you ignore me again while i speak to you….....*_^

11:45 AM Dec 03 2009 |

noguti

noguti

Brazil

woh… I've never thought "to off someone else" would mean "to kill someone"...

Very nice slang hahahahah

11:37 AM Dec 03 2009 |

mary888

mary888

Jordan

Im gonna off u if u dont add me as a friend hehehe

09:47 AM Dec 03 2009 |

musharraf_1989

Azerbaijan

i want to know about subjunctive mood

07:46 AM Dec 03 2009 |

Ebaby !

Ebaby !

Egypt

This is easy slang, Alnassem, I will off you if you come tomorrow before me…just kidding, take care.

01:22 AM Dec 03 2009 |

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