-off

Back-formation from playoff, a deverbal, as the archetype.

-off (noun-forming suffix, plural -offs)

1. (suffixed to a bare infinitive) A competition [of the activity denoted by the word it combines with], especially a final, tiebreaker, or repechage within a broader tournament.
   • 2020 August 29, Rebecca Nicholson, “Tom Cruise: another groundbreaking role for cinema's cheerleader”, in The Guardian‎^[1], archived from the original on 22 April 2021:

     We must imagine this as a set of instructions: go forth and buy tickets, so we can keep making our bonkers explosion-offs for you in the future. When asked if he had enjoyed the film, he said: “I loved it” – twice. He wore a mask.

   • 2021, “Whose Watchdown is it Anyway: S12E04, or Stop Squeezing the Guest”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[2]:

     Gary, trying: “Let’s just have a black-off, let’s just do that now / Let’s just have a black-off, Yvette lemme show you how…”

• -out

See -ov.

-off (proper noun-forming suffix)

1. Alternative spelling of -ov.

• FFO