Oddball
noun
A person who behaves in a strange or unusual way.
His classmates viewed him as an oddball because of his strange fashion choices
Often appears as...
- real oddball
- bit of an oddball
adjective
Different from what is usual or expected.
He had an oddball sense of humor that not everyone appreciated
Often appears as...
- oddball character
- oddball humor
noun
A person who behaves in a strange or unusual way.
His classmates viewed him as an oddball because of his strange fashion choices
Often appears as...
- real oddball
- bit of an oddball
adjective
Different from what is usual or expected.
He had an oddball sense of humor that not everyone appreciated
Often appears as...
- oddball character
- oddball humor
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Pro Tip 1/3Informal Use
Odious hooter is aN informal term and is often friendly or humorous rather than rude.
That guy is such an oddball, always cracking jokes at odd times!
Pro Tip 2/3Neutral Tone
Being an oddball doesn't always mean negative; it can simply highlight uniqueness.
She's known as the class oddball for her creative thinking.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Insulting
Be careful not to use 'oddball' as an insult; it's usually lighthearted.
He's a bit of an oddball with his quirky hobbies.
Pro Tip 1/3Informal Use
Odious hooter is aN informal term and is often friendly or humorous rather than rude.
That guy is such an oddball, always cracking jokes at odd times!
Pro Tip 2/3Neutral Tone
Being an oddball doesn't always mean negative; it can simply highlight uniqueness.
She's known as the class oddball for her creative thinking.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Insulting
Be careful not to use 'oddball' as an insult; it's usually lighthearted.
He's a bit of an oddball with his quirky hobbies.
Pro Tip 1/3Informal Use
Odious hooter is aN informal term and is often friendly or humorous rather than rude.
That guy is such an oddball, always cracking jokes at odd times!
Pro Tip 2/3Neutral Tone
Being an oddball doesn't always mean negative; it can simply highlight uniqueness.
She's known as the class oddball for her creative thinking.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Insulting
Be careful not to use 'oddball' as an insult; it's usually lighthearted.
He's a bit of an oddball with his quirky hobbies.
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Video examples
How record collectors...
if you miss your opportunity, you might not see that record ever in your life. But I guess the only person in here truly impressed by record collectors is another record collector. To the outside world, we seem like a very weird, oddball group of individuals.
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Platypus Parts PIPE...
peculiar creature but make no mistake this oddball animals no joke it's a one-of-a-kind altering species combining three animals in one and it goes from cute to killer in an instant
Video examples
How record collectors...
if you miss your opportunity, you might not see that record ever in your life. But I guess the only person in here truly impressed by record collectors is another record collector. To the outside world, we seem like a very weird, oddball group of individuals.
Video examples
Platypus Parts PIPE...
peculiar creature but make no mistake this oddball animals no joke it's a one-of-a-kind altering species combining three animals in one and it goes from cute to killer in an instant
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Dan Auerbach
American Musician
I'm not too picky about guitars. I love to collect them, mostly oddballs, but I'm not married to any brand or model. Whatever guitar has the best character for the song is the one I want to use, because if you've got a style, you're going to sound like yourself no matter what guitar you play.
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Lolly Adefope
I'm starting to play lots more naturalistic, realistic people than when I first started. Maybe because I was doing character comedy shows, and I was doing slightly weird, oddball characters with weird accents, those were the characters that I got cast to play - which made perfect sense.
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Alan Tudyk
American Actor
You know those people in life who are a bit eccentric and larger than life or a bit odd? That their realm of possibility around them is larger than somebody who's called normal? What's normal for an oddball? They could start screaming in public. That's fun to play.
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Charlton Heston
American Actor
Kids are the most conventional people in the world. It is more important than anything else for them to conform, and I was a kind of oddball. I was driven into being independent. I was very, very unhappy.
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Dolly Parton
American Singer
I've always kinda been a little outcast myself, a little oddball, doin' my thing, my own way. And it's been hard for me to, to be accepted, certainly in the early years of my life.
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Alan Ball
American Director
I think the world is a place for oddballs and freaks. I'm only interested in oddballs and freaks as characters.
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CeeLo Green
American Musician
I've been such an oddball my whole life, but I've always been cool and I've always dressed fairly smartly.
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Ayda Field
American Actress
Robbie minced into my life and he had the same oddball sense of humour as me. It was love at first laugh.
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James Broughton
American Director
Rarest of the real poets are born poets. They are the oddballs, not the professors.
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Alec Berg
American Writer
I love oddballs and nerdiness, and it's a fun world to write in.
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Dan Auerbach
American Musician
I'm not too picky about guitars. I love to collect them, mostly oddballs, but I'm not married to any brand or model. Whatever guitar has the best character for the song is the one I want to use, because if you've got a style, you're going to sound like yourself no matter what guitar you play.
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Lolly Adefope
I'm starting to play lots more naturalistic, realistic people than when I first started. Maybe because I was doing character comedy shows, and I was doing slightly weird, oddball characters with weird accents, those were the characters that I got cast to play - which made perfect sense.
Quote examples
Alan Tudyk
American Actor
You know those people in life who are a bit eccentric and larger than life or a bit odd? That their realm of possibility around them is larger than somebody who's called normal? What's normal for an oddball? They could start screaming in public. That's fun to play.
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Charlton Heston
American Actor
Kids are the most conventional people in the world. It is more important than anything else for them to conform, and I was a kind of oddball. I was driven into being independent. I was very, very unhappy.
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Dolly Parton
American Singer
I've always kinda been a little outcast myself, a little oddball, doin' my thing, my own way. And it's been hard for me to, to be accepted, certainly in the early years of my life.
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Alan Ball
American Director
I think the world is a place for oddballs and freaks. I'm only interested in oddballs and freaks as characters.
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CeeLo Green
American Musician
I've been such an oddball my whole life, but I've always been cool and I've always dressed fairly smartly.
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Ayda Field
American Actress
Robbie minced into my life and he had the same oddball sense of humour as me. It was love at first laugh.
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James Broughton
American Director
Rarest of the real poets are born poets. They are the oddballs, not the professors.
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Alec Berg
American Writer
I love oddballs and nerdiness, and it's a fun world to write in.
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