color names, put-down/putdown, edgy, off-color. "We seem to have lost our British sense of humour. It's a great shame. We have to be so careful nowadays; we have lost a lot of humour because people are too frightened of getting too near touchy subjects." Absolutely spot on from Sir David Jason.

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"We seem to have lost our British sense of humour. It's a great shame. We have to be so careful nowadays; we have lost a lot of humour because people are too frightened of getting too near touchy subjects."

Absolutely spot on from Sir David Jason.

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Robert Reich

Trump’s chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Ajit Pai, today promised to “take the appropriate action” following a “comprehensive investigation” of Stephen Colbert’s satirical putdown of Trump late Monday night, when Colbert said “The only thing your mouth is good at is being [Russian President] Vladimir Putin’s c—k holster.”

Late-night satirical putdowns of presidents are a staple of American life, even when tasteless or edgy. No off-color joke by a late-night comedian has ever been investigated by the FCC before now, and no FCC chairman has ever threatened “appropriate action” against one.

But Trump is thin-skinned and vindictive. He especially hates being laughed at. He’s already blasted Saturday Night Live for satirizing him. Trump’s FCC chairman seems eager to do Trump's bidding.

Trump is even threatening to widen libel laws so he can sue the media for criticizing him.

Stephen Colbert can take care of himself. I worry about other comics and Trump critics who may now pull their punches. That’s what this is really all about.

off-color

(also off color)

ADJECTIVE

• 1Somewhat indecent or in poor taste.

  ‘off-color jokes’
• 2Of the wrong or an inferior color.

  ‘the new paint doesn't match, it's off-color’

  1. 2.1 (of a diamond) neither white nor any definite color.
• 3British Slightly unwell.

  ‘I'm feeling a bit off-color’

edgy

ˈɛdʒi/

adjective

1. 1.

   tense, nervous, or irritable.

   
   

   "he became edgy and defensive"

   synonyms:

   tense, nervous, on edge, highly strung, anxious, apprehensive, uneasy, ill at ease, unsettled, unstable; More

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2. 2.

   informal

   at the forefront of a trend; experimental or avant-garde.

   
   

   "their songs combine good music and smart, edgy ideas"

put-down

ˈpʊtdaʊn/

noun

informal

plural noun: put-downs

1. a remark intended to humiliate or criticize someone.

   
   

   "a clever put-down of Tory supporters"

   synonyms:

   snub, disparaging remark, insult, slight, affront, rebuff, sneer, disparagement, humiliation, slap in the face, barb, jibe, criticism; More

Unputdownable 

The word that supplanted mid-1930s coinage unlaydownable after Raymond Chandler said of a book in 1947, "I found it absolutely … unputdownable."