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get off

Date: May 30 2001

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Quote

1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.

“To me, our society is very weird about what they get off on.”
—Singer and Actress Whitney Houston

Definition

1. Definition - Study the definition.

(verb) get pleasure from, have fun doing, enjoy

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

Different people “get off” on different things. You might “get off” on learning English. Your dad might “get off” on watching sports. Your sister might “get off” on talking on the phone to her friends.
You can use this term whenever you refer to an activity that makes people happy, or gives them pleasure.

Examples

1. Examples - Hear some example sentences.

””You get off on making people feel bad don’t you? I think you’re a mean person. You should be nicer to people.”“

””When I was a kid I used to get off on eating chocolate cake, but I don’t really like it anymore. It’s too sweet.”“

””My brother gets off on cooking. He wants to be a chef when he gets older. He made dinner for me last night and it was so good.”“

Winners

1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.

Meanings: 1. to get pleasure from something. 2. to do well on something. 3. to take a drug and experience a rush.
by Chris (Toronto, Canada)
To get off on means “get exited about”
by A. Saber (Egypt)

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Comments

dereckatters

Argentina

In the Macmillan dictionary is says get something off to have a particular period of time as a vacation.

dereckatters

Argentina

Get off sounds too slangish for me. Isn’t it too rude to use it? Aren’t there dictionaries that may specify the meaning in different fields? I was gonna ask my writer from term paper help to give me an official definition as a slang item.