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
Alison Willmore, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
Decades before the memes and punchlines, the Broward native spawned a fictional franchise populated by preposterous oddballs, bottom-feeders and other shadowy denizens of the Sunshine State.
—Mark Gauert, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2025
Mother Monster is another oddball capable of playing it arrestingly straight.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
The premises were a little complicated and surreal, using Gaga’s oddball energy to their advantage.
—Esther Zuckerman, The Atlantic, 9 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The clan of oddballs and down-and-outs has more than a little in common with the Kim family in Parasite, including Song as a hapless patriarch.
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The opening and closing scenes of Bong’s masterful 2009 film are, swear to God, among the greatest bookends in movie history.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
Decades before the memes and punchlines, the Broward native spawned a fictional franchise populated by preposterous oddballs, bottom-feeders and other shadowy denizens of the Sunshine State.
—Mark Gauert, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2025
Mother Monster is another oddball capable of playing it arrestingly straight.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
The premises were a little complicated and surreal, using Gaga’s oddball energy to their advantage.
—Esther Zuckerman, The Atlantic, 9 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oddball
Noun
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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,
21 Mar. 2025
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Attracting talent for greater innovation hazards acquiring a few eccentrics whose gifts come wrapped in controversial packaging.—
Chip Bell,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The bizarre purchase was revealed last year by the former Lakers player, and the topic was recently brought up during the season 6 finale of The Kardashians.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Weezer has not canceled its plans to perform at Coachella this Saturday (April 12) after the wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner sustained non-life-threatening injuries during a bizarre run-in with Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers that ended in a dramatic shootout.—
Dave Brooks,
Billboard,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Over time, though, the character began to resemble Warner Bros. Discovery president David Zaslav, who famously sought to permanently shelve projects like Batgirl and Coyote vs. Acme for tax write-offs.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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But after Bonet departed the series following its first season, the focus shifted to characters played by Jasmine Guy, Kadeem Hardison, Dawnn Lewis, Glynn Turman, Cory Tyler, Lou Myers, Darryl M. Bell, Cree Summer, and Charnele Brown.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The case has drawn wide attention, in part because prosecutors have accused Vallow Daybell of invoking outlandish religious beliefs about zombies and the end of the world to justify the crimes she's been convicted of: the murders of two of her children and her husband's former wife in Idaho.—
Bill Chappell,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2025
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All production has to do was roll back the tapes to see that Kenya’s responses are, more often than not, outlandish and disrespectful.—
Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Separately, just days before the start date, Read made the unusual move of adding an alternate juror from her first trial to her legal team, according to media reports citing court records.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
28 Mar. 2025
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Cruise cancellations are relatively unusual but can happen for a number of other reasons, including when a ship is chartered or needs to go to dry dock.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But his work on the series didn't capture the many aspects of his comedy, which was populated by various offbeat alter egos, including a wrestler named Andy Kaufman.—
Angela Andaloro,
People.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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From indie horror films to action comedies and offbeat spy spoofs, from the intensity of Tombstone to the surrealism of The Island of Dr. Moreau with co-star Marlon Brando, Kilmer defied pigeonholing.—
Jeetendr Sehdev,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The clip featured Weaver interviewing teammates, posing for kooky photos, rapping and lots of weirdness.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
4 Apr. 2025
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Far from being the pursuit of a kooky fringe, the defense of the Khmer Rouge came to represent a mainstream view among relevant scholars.—
Ray Cavanaugh,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Oddball.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oddball. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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