off-time adj.
(US)badly timed, at the wrong time, therefore unacceptable; by ext., unfashionable.
Chicago Trib. Graphic Section 26 Dec. 7/1: Jive Talk [...] Off-time jive — a poor excuse, saying the wrong thing. | ||
New Hepsters Dict. in Calloway (1976) 258: off-time jive (n.): a sorry excuse, saying the wrong thing. | ||
Really the Blues 217: Man, just look at him, dig that vine all offtime. |
In phrases
(US black) a weak excuse.
‘Jiver’s Bible’ in Orig. Hbk of Harlem Jive. |