oddball

oddball
n, adj
(a person who is) eccentric, noncon-formist or an outsider. An Americanism which has been established in British and American speech since the 1950s. The origin of the expression probably lies in pool playing or another sport.
► She's a bit of an oddball.
► That's thoroughly oddball behaviour.

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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