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
Angelique Jackson, Variety, 3 Dec. 2025
There are some outliers — Pluribus and The Rehearsal would be oddballs in any year.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
Finding a 964 isn’t a walk in the park, as fewer than 68,000 cars were built for model years 1989 through 1994, including Targa, Cabriolet, RS, Speedster, and other oddball versions.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 2 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Eight years later, Russ makes a last-chance gambit to resurrect his football dreams by disguising himself as Chad Powers, a talented oddball who walks on to the struggling South Georgia Catfish team.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 3 Dec. 2025
There are some outliers — Pluribus and The Rehearsal would be oddballs in any year.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Adjective
None has the oddball humor of the Frozen Iguanas, which was celebrated in responses to the Instagram announcement that drew nearly 14,000 likes.
—Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
Finding a 964 isn’t a walk in the park, as fewer than 68,000 cars were built for model years 1989 through 1994, including Targa, Cabriolet, RS, Speedster, and other oddball versions.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 2 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oddball
Noun
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Catherine O’Hara portrayed ridiculous eccentrics with equal parts hilarity and humanity.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
10 Feb. 2026
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Greg Brown, the original guitarist and co-founding member of ’90s alt-rock eccentrics Cake, has died.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Having stabilized his ship in orbit around the black hole, Dr Hans Reinhardt (a bizarre, OTT performance from Maximilian Schell) now plans to fly into it, assisted by an unquestioning crew of automatons with a very dark origin story.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
8 Feb. 2026
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That's bizarre to me, especially those two.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Feb. 2026
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The renegade baseball general manager in Moneyball, for instance, was later played by Brad Pitt, while the characters in The Big Short were portrayed by Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, and Pitt again, among others.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
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The space’s custom art was created by Amazonian artist Winny Tapajós, portraying a mischievous garden scene full of whimsical characters.—
Devorah Lev-Tov,
Robb Report,
5 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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That unusual role for a spy chief raised additional questions from Democrats on the House and Senate intelligence committees.—
DAVID KLEPPER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
5 Feb. 2026
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What was unusual, in Lublin’s view, was for Bessent to reveal his thoughts on monetary policy — normally the purview of the Federal Reserve — and his insistence that Trump has the right to interfere with the decision-making of the central bank.—
Fatima Hussein,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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There are also expanded indoor and outdoor seating areas at the new store, versus the original at the Town Plaza shopping center, which opened with 19,600 square feet in 2003.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2026
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Officials said there was no chain of custody for the materials, agents took originals and didn't retain copies and the ballots shouldn't have been physically removed from Fulton County.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Costume designer Lissy Turner drapes Parsons in flowy layers and embroidered velvet, conveying everything the audience needs to know about this woman and her kooky, open-minded beliefs.—
Katie Rife,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2026
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Rachel is showing her authentic self, and that authentic self is creepy and kooky, mysterious and spooky.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Oddball.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oddball. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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