no offense

1. Please don't feel insulted, I don't mean to offend you, as in No offense, but I think you're mistaken. This expression, first recorded in 1829, generally accompanies a statement that could be regarded as insulting but is not meant to be, as in the example.

Example Sentences

No blue blood wants to fake excitement about schlepping to the Pop-Tart Bowl, no offense to those sentient Pop-Tarts.

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“I mean, no offense, you probably couldn’t get the Vanderbilt game on in most bars across America.”

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“That would be useful — then people would stop asking questions like that. No offense.”

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“That’s stuff that, no offense to you guys, but you guys wouldn’t understand.”

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I think he should have ran for president, no offense to Kamala.

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