as in eccentric
a person of odd or whimsical habits
she's known as the office oddball
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Recent Examples of oddball
Patrick Comiskey, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Tenants at the time included consulting and law firms, financial advisory and investment firms, as well as the usual mélange of random, oddball businesses.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 19 Dec. 2024
Lewis also meets her perfect match in weirdo fearlessness with Amanda Kramer, the director of oddball sensations Give Me Pity!
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Yet Kudrow managed to make Phoebe one of the sunniest and funniest of the show’s oddballs.
—John Russell, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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Ambrose experimented with bubbles bottlings made from a half-dozen oddball varieties sourced from her and partner Matthew Rorick’s Sierra Foothills vineyard, Rorick Heritage.
—Patrick Comiskey, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Tenants at the time included consulting and law firms, financial advisory and investment firms, as well as the usual mélange of random, oddball businesses.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 19 Dec. 2024
Lewis also meets her perfect match in weirdo fearlessness with Amanda Kramer, the director of oddball sensations Give Me Pity!
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Yet Kudrow managed to make Phoebe one of the sunniest and funniest of the show’s oddballs.
—John Russell, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oddball
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My dedication, to help the waifs and strays and eccentrics of the music world together, continues to this day.Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2024
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Robert Redford delivers folksy wisdom as a local eccentric who once had his own dragon encounter, and even Karl Urban’s greedy logger is more of a nuisance than an outright villain.Josh Bell, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
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Duran Duran has paid tribute to the late American filmmaker David Lynch, whose brilliant and bizarre films laid the inspirational groundwork for a young Nick Rhodes.Lars Brandle, Billboard, 17 Jan. 2025
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By Judy Berman January 17, 2025 6:00 AM EST The spectacular finale of Severance’s first season introduced a love triangle more bizarre than New Order could ever have imagined.Judy Berman, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
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When the police eventually approached her because of her drunken behavior, Dynevor decided not to break character.Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 15 Jan. 2025
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The peewee population interacted with each other in various settings and included bocce bowlers, bare-bottomed peasants, baguette bakers, blind men, the mustachioed mayor, female fishmongers, dunce hat-wearing schoolboys, snail saleswomen, and gobs more characters.gqlshare, Orange County Register, 15 Jan. 2025
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By pinning the crazy, outlandish, unbelievable cover story on a crazy, outlandish, unbelievable man – Howard Hughes.David Szondy, New Atlas, 4 Jan. 2025
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In Korea and Vietnam, the Soviet Union and its partners stalled negotiations, insisting on the most pedantic points, accusing the U.S. of bad faith, and starting with outlandish demands that, if the U.S. were to satisfy them, would have amounted to capitulation.Niall Ferguson, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
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Starting Trotter in the playoffs would be an unusual decision by Fangio.Brooks Kubena, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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Use it to categorize spending, flag unusual costs and even suggest areas for potential savings.Aleesha Webb, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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Included are offbeat, rickety sculptures from Sebastian Bruno-Harris, fringed and beaded textile landscapes by Chelsea Bighorn, unrecognizable flying objects courtesy Hai-Wen Lin, and many other surprises.Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
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The premise, intended to be an offbeat crime comedy with musical elements, has faced backlash for trivializing and sensationalizing transgender experiences.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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But, Arrietty has an edge that many other kooky girls don’t, one that could offer a good defense if Untucked ever calls for it.EW.com, EW.com, 4 Jan. 2025
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From the kooky episode that started it all to a recent front-runner, here is every Bob’s Burgers Christmas episode, ranked.Lillian Brown, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Oddball.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oddball. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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