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Does "Betty gets blue" mean "Betty becomes depressed"?

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oristarA
 
Reply Mon 3 Jun, 2013 09:44 am

Context:
Betty gets blue: Mad Men's January Jones goes topless to play prostitute in new western Sweetwater
More:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2335029/Mad-Mens-January-Jones-goes-topless-play-prostitute-new-western-Sweetwater.html
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Reply Mon 3 Jun, 2013 09:53 am
@oristarA,
Nope. In this context blue means racy.

Quote:
21. indecent, titillating, or pornographic: blue films

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Quote:
blue definition

mod.
depressed; melancholy. : That music always makes me blue.
mod.
obscene; vulgar; dirty. : Those blue jokes don't go over very well around here.
n.

Both are from different entries on the following page:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/blue?s=t
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