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Dasxb9s
Posted on Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 09:59 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

OK...

This may be petty, but it is my finger nails on the chalkboard of speed channel and other bike related Discovery channel programs, etc.

I hear builders talking of their "one off" and the persons on these programs commenting on the "one off". The other day I read the term "one off" in a bike magazine.

Up until then, I was thinking no one can speak proper english and was mispronouncing "one of", as in "one of" a kind. (No, I am not an English major, as a matter of fact, I did not finish college!)

Why didn't I get that memo that "one of" as referring to one of a kind was changed to "ONE OFF"?? Can no one speak english any more... or has urban cool dude speak totally taken over the language???

Someone "splain" this to me!!!

...and if there are more bastardized terms... share them... I bet I didn't those memos either!!!
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Bomber
Posted on Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 10:15 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Dennis And Company

My understanding is that "one off" refers to pulling "one off" the mold, and then making no more . . . . . .

unfortunately, I do not have my etymology text here at work (though I likely should)
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Awprior
Posted on Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 10:22 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

My guess...

Started off as 'one of a kind', got shortened to 'one of', and since lots of people are lazy, eventually became 'one off'. 'Nough said, just my thoughts...
Alex
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Awprior
Posted on Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 10:27 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Bomber,
That works too, I guess!
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Smkdm2
Posted on Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 11:46 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

It's used in the print world and such a lot. It's a one off sample print. Doing a one off is usually more expensive because the labor goes into making the mold, template, stencil, plate, etc to mass produce. I've actually never heard of it as a "one of" I've always heard it as a "one off". Not that I've heard it all, I'm just sayin.

edited by smkdm2 on June 09, 2004
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Xb9er
Posted on Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 12:05 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

From Merriam-Webster online dictionary--

quote:

Main Entry: one-off
Pronunciation: "w&n-'of
Function: adjective
British : limited to a single time, occasion, or instance : ONE-SHOT, UNIQUE
- one-off noun


Mike.
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Charlieboy6649
Posted on Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 02:12 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Bravo XB9er,

Unique being the key descriptor in these instances...
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