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- adjective idiomatic, slang, US, Canada Making a start, or departing, very rapidly.
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Pun on two senses of off, with the implication that a girl at a prom is likely to behave sluttishly.
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kayballard commented on the word off like a prom dress
an expression used by @TheDailyBlonde on twitter as she was about to embark on a shopping trip
December 24, 2008