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[chriscrt30]

what does '"off the wall" mean?

[Bat2105]

It normally means when something is a bit odd or different. A bit like the sayin 'way out'

[Quizmonster]

As Bat suggests, it means nutty or eccentric. This phrase has been around for some 50 years. There is a suggestion that it may relate to enclosed ball-games - squash etc - and the erratic behaviour of a ball bouncing from a wall at a peculiar or unpredictable angle. That is, its movement takes the player by surprise, just as a "nutter's" behaviour does.

[i_luff_honey]

i thought it ment that its not official/well known, like the wrightings on the wall. i dunno im probably wrong.x