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oddball

[od-bawl] / ˈɒdˌbɔl /
ADJECTIVE
eccentric
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Did your love of country music make you an oddball as a schoolkid growing up in England?

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

"For a long time, no one knew quite what to make of these oddball little blips of dimming," Bouma said.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

He cut his teeth as a martial arts expert and stand-up comic before becoming an oddball character in the mid-1990s television sitcom “News Radio.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

French, who plays 'widow' Debbie Fendon, said: "This is a sitcom about a very strange little oddball family who commit a massive fraud but pretend that it's no big deal."

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026

But I don’t have one, because I’ve only ever felt like an oddball.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone




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