melanin offset 

When movie directors cast a person of color in their films to avoid criticisms of being racist. It doesn't really work and follows along the same logic as a carbon offset, "I'm doing something bad, so I'll buy my way out of it so that I can continue to have the moral high-ground--or at least not be criticized as having a racist movie."

Samuel L. Jackson is in the new Star Wars movies, so they couldn't be racist. He's one of Lucas's melanin offsets. Mace Windu is a melanin offset for Jar-Jar Binks.

melanin offset by J.M. Young January 1, 2009

carbon footprint offset 

A boondoggle involving polluting one geographical location with excessive use of carbon-based fuel while paying to promote clean energy in another geographical location, and claiming one offsets the other, thus yielding neutral pollution.

Al Gore rationalizes his profligate use of $30,000/year in electricity and natural gas at his home in Nashville by partially funding clean energy production in other areas, terming this a "carbon footprint offset". It is tantamount to dumping garbage on the streets of Nashville and "offsetting" it by paying for street cleanup in Seattle.

carbon footprint offset by Mondo Fuego March 2, 2007

Karma Offset

Similar to carbon offset. When a person performs a job or task that is karmically bad, it can be offset by another job or task that is karmically good.

Although Joe was a shrewd investment banker, his wife offered karma offset by working at a nonprofit that helped Iraqi orphans find new homes.

Karma Offset by ezcam November 15, 2009

nerd offset credit 

Activities or hobbies done by a nerd so that they will seem less nerdy to other people.

Play on words from Carbon Offset Credit.

Jim - "So I just started taking salsa dance lessons."
Sam - "Oh, trying to get some nerd offset credits?"

nerd offset credit by leep80 May 8, 2008

trash offset 

Similar to carbon offset, trash offsetting is the act of voluntarily picking up and disposing of trash/litter from the street, in order that at some later stage one can drop one's own with a clear conscience.
If done responsibly the concept often eliminates the inconvenience of having to find an appropriate receptacle for items of waste, while also having a net gain for the environment.

"Hey man, you can't just leave that burger wrapper in the street!"
"Hell yeah I can, I picked up three cans today."
"Trash offsetting huh?"

trash offset by NickJGrey February 18, 2009

wife offset

This is a guys way of wanting to buy lets say a motorbike
he then has to buy his wife something infinatley more expensive to off set his motorbike spend

I bought a motorbike last week but the wife offset was a 3 carat diamond ring

wife offset by mytts69 January 27, 2010

morale offset 

something you do to make up for something you did wrong or think you did wrong

i bought my friend lunch as a morale offset for treating him like shit last week

morale offset by acidscherzo April 8, 2011