Offwall

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offwall: awful offwall: off the wall, zany, irreverent The great fall of the offwall. From the Mother Goose nursery rhyme: Humpty Dumpty. "Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. Nursery rhymes are often told before bed, hence "retaled early in bed." See later: Humptyhillhead. Humpty Dumpty has also been assumed to refer to King Richard III of England.