Offbeat

Word OFFBEAT
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Definitions and meanings of "Offbeat"

What do we mean by offbeat?

An unaccented beat in a measure. noun

Not conforming to an ordinary type or pattern; unconventional. adjective

The beats not normally accented in a measure. noun

An unconventional person, someone who does not follow the beat, who chooses not to conform. noun

Unusual, unconventional, not ordinary. adjective

Informal terms; strikingly unconventional adjective

An unaccented beat (especially the last beat of a measure) noun

The beats not normally accented in a measure.

An unconventional person, someone who does not follow the beat, who chooses not to conform.

Someone who's a bit odd or unusual and doesn't really fit in anywhere. Urban Dictionary

Offbeater is a new age term derived from the word"offbeat" which means to be different, unique, original, one of a kind and standing out from the rest. Urban Dictionary

A musical percussion group originally based off of STOMP. The group is made up of high school students and uses all kinds of random items to make music. Urban Dictionary

The Offbeat Generation is a loose association of like-minded writers working across different styles but united by their opposition to a mainstream publishing industry driven by marketing departments. The term was coined by Andrew Gallix in 3:AM Magazine in February 2006 -- as a pun on the Beat Generation (see: beat poetry) but more likely to be associated with the Chemical generation immediately before it (who were anthologized at the Repetitive Beat Generation also). Urban Dictionary

1. Seeing as fap is the sound made when masterbating, and offbeat fap is a "fap" sound that is offbeat, suggesting someone else is masterbating as well. 2. when you hear the sound of someone else jacking off in the room 3. Something utterly horrible. Urban Dictionary

N. While the premise of a glamor shot is typically both nonsensical and cinematic, the offbeat model takes this art house film ridiculousness to new heights. offbeat modeling v. The act of being an offbeat model. Popularized by MySpace angle photos and hipsters. Examples of offbeat modeling are: -Wearing a sloppy outfit that just sort of hangs off the body. -Lifting the arms in awkward positions as if balancing on a tightrope. -Turning head 340 degrees back and 20 degrees down to gaze at the heel of your shoes. -Looking very, very lost. Urban Dictionary

A fan of the popular queer webcomic ‘offbeat’, which is made by user moonsscared on webtoon canvas Urban Dictionary

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The word "offbeat" in example sentences

Laura Linney to star in offbeat Showtime humerous entertainment commander upon lady with cancer, 'The C Word' ❋ Admin (2009)

Mix in offbeat football (it has a feature on Super Bowl Gatorade-dumping on coaches), get in network plugs (Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien and Tina Fey will pop up) and don't forget the mandatory cooking segment (in this case Tom Colicchio from Top Chef on NBC-owned Bravo). ❋ Unknown (2009)

Life without walls, '[and] will move away from the enigmatic teaser commercials that featured Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld in offbeat conversations about shopping, shoes, suburbia and the potential of computing to improve life. ❋ Unknown (2008)

"I'm really pleased and frankly relieved to report," begins Glenn Kenny, "that, a couple of snippable minutes and some dubious music choices aside (that Cake song about the jacket is one thing, but a cover of Howard Jones's 'No One Is To Blame' is pushing it), writer/director Adrienne Shelly's final feature Waitress is a delight, a refreshing comedy that mixes a bunch of familiar ingredients in offbeat ways that payoff every time, much in the way that its title character Jenna (the fabulous Keri Russell) blends, say, blackberries with bittersweet chocolate in her universally beloved pies." ❋ Unknown (2007)

Graffiti is a 50 000-word offbeat, character driven narrative fiction, aimed at the audience of over 18 year olds. yea, Grandmother Snark is sure to want it ❋ Miss Snark (2006)

Very likely the mother of all regional filmmaking, Brandon Beckner's Remarkable Power gives outrageous new meaning to the notion of offbeat, while showing no mercy for just how bizarre the unsung locals of Los Angeles can be. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Detective Sgt. William Doseldo calls the offbeat vandalism just "weird." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Profondo Rosso aside, this is Argento's scariest and bloodiest film, and perhaps his most offbeat, which is certainly an accolade of considerable measure given his body of work. ❋ Unknown (2009)

When big-time sports appear live online, it's often in simulcasts of the TV coverage or to offer supplements to TV such as offbeat camera angles — but they don't focus on a big event's epicenter. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Her portfolio showcases the same kind of offbeat, retro sensibility: ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Limits of Control is a wafer-thin (and painfully cine-literate) whimsy which finds an enigmatic hitman being assigned to complete an irritatingly "offbeat" task involving matchboxes and endless vacant stares by a boss who spouts gnomic (un) truths about the universe having no centre and no edges. ❋ Unknown (2010)

* And here's the euphemism of the day: Politico has an interesting lead story about all the, ahem, "offbeat" candidates GOP primary voters have elected this year, and how those candidates are imperiling GOP gains. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I don't think I have ever taken any "offbeat" advice. ❋ Forbes Staff (2010)

Who was that [weird] [offbeat] guy at [the party] yesterday? ❋ January12 (2012)

He [designs] some of the most [insane] [concepts] ever imagined by any human mind ever, he is such an offbeater. ❋ Project Paul (2009)

"Wow, did you see Offbeat [perform] at the [NAC]? They were [awesome]!" ❋ Beckish (2005)

The Offbeat Generation [plays] a large [part] in the [e-zeitgeist]. ❋ Rocketdog (2009)

1. [fap]....fap....fap..FAPFAP....... WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?! 2. Dude, I was [masterbating] last night when I heard an offbeat fap, I turned around and my brother was right behind me fapping away. 3. John: Dude check out this picture of this [hermaphrodite]. Mike: OHHH dude, that's such an offbeat fap. ❋ Do It For Lacy (2009)

That offbeat model looks like she's been [crucified] for wearing her [Boyfriend's] Rugby in a [Forbidden] Zone. ❋ Offbeat Model (2007)

‘[I’ve] never met [a straight] offbeater.’ ‘This offbeater can’t wait for [the next episode]!’ ❋ Moonsscared (2022)

[late night] talks at [3am]...eddy offbeat!!!! ❋ Blossom423 (2021)

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