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No idea what "keyed off of" means. What does "keyed" mean in this context? Presumably it's USEng. Is the "off of" jarring in USEng, as it is in BrEng? --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 14:16, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
 * David Bowie was not old enough to die of old age.— Vchimpanzee  •  talk  •  contributions  •  22:59, 9 November 2016 (UTC)
 * David Bowie died of liver cancer, not old age. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.205.251.227 (talk) 18:48, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Ah, Dweller, I'm to blame for that. It derives from music, i.e., to play "in the key of A".  So I meant that the debate set the tone and content of the list that week ("keyed off of it").  It is not meant to be jarring, but I should have realized it was slang.--Milowent • hasspoken  05:15, 22 November 2016 (UTC)
 * OK. Sweet of you to reply. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 12:12, 22 November 2016 (UTC)