Slang

oddball

This page is about the slang term oddball

Meaning

a strange or eccentric person (n.) | strange, weird (adj.)

For example

  • Our new accountant is a real oddball. He's always squeezing this little rubber ball, and he even takes it into the toilet!

  • My girlfriend took me to see one of those oddball European movies she likes. I can never understand them.

Quick Quiz

The party was full of oddball characters. I think I was the only

a. strange person there

b. unusual person there

c. normal person there
a) strange person there b) unusual person there c) normal person there

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Contributor: Matt Errey