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offlist

offlist adjective: not on a mailing list or newsgroup.

Adjective

offlist (not comparable)

  1. (Internet) Not on a mailing list or newsgroup.
    • I am interested in the following dedicated/co-location services. Please send me an offlist quote for a leased or purchased server with the following points detailed.2001, Bruce Lewin, “Dedicated/Co-Location Windows Server (Please reply offlist!)”, in alt.internet.providers.uk (Usenet)
    • Perhaps some of that can be attributed to all the offlist chatter (of which I am not a part at all).2007, Jonathan Paul Marshall, Living on Cybermind: categories, communication, and control

Adverb

offlist (not comparable)

  1. (Internet) Not on a mailing list or newsgroup.
    • If you are interested, please reply offlist.

Forms of offlist

alternative formoff-list

Origin of offlist

From off + list.

Questions about offlist

What does offlist mean?
Offlist means not on a mailing list or newsgroup.
What part of speech is offlist?
Offlist can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near offlist in the dictionary

  1. offlineness
  2. offliner
  3. offliners
  4. offlines
  5. offlining
  6. offlist
  7. offload
  8. offloaded
  9. offloader
  10. offloaders
  11. offloading

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