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oddball

[od-bawl] / ˈɒdˌbɔl /
ADJECTIVE
eccentric
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In the sections of “Why We Make,” displays of historic artisanry are too often marred by oddball amateurism.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

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

They followed it up with the vibrant, oddball, goosebumpy 3D Country in early 2023.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026

“That’s okay. I lose myself. It’s just my oddball way of accounting for someone I don’t really understand any more than you do.”

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli




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