A guitar, usually electric, featuring an offset "waist." The lower and upper sections are offset from each other. The offset waist was designed to be more comfortable when playing in a seated position. These guitars and basses were introduced in the late 50's with the Fender Jazzmaster. The guitar was embraced by the Surf music scene. This prompted Fender to release the short scale Jaguar, and many others. Some examples include the Fender Jazzmaster, Fender Jaguar, Fender Mustang, Fender Musicmaster, Fender Toronado, Jazz Bass, many Reverend guitars.
by RumorsOFsurF February 20, 2007
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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.
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Offset morningwood is when you wake up normally with no morning wood and you get up and minutes after you get out of bed morning wood hits you
*billy comes out of his room and starts to make breakfast*
Mom: oh my god billy is that your morningwood
Billy: nah fam issa offset morningwood
Mom: oh my god billy is that your morningwood
Billy: nah fam issa offset morningwood
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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.
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Get the carbon footprint offset mug.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.
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