Oddball

Definitions

1. An eccentric or unusual person.
2. A deviant stimulus that appears among repetitive stimuli during an experiment, to trigger an event-related potential in the participant.

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Examples

“Miss⟳ Quinn thought that Oswald spoke Russian well in view⟳ of his lack of formal training; she found the evening uninteresting. Donovan, with whom she had a date⟳ later, testified that she told him that Oswald was “kind of an oddball.””

“"She's different, mister. A real oddball, if you know⟳ what I mean⟳. But your little girl would love⟳ her. All kids love⟳ the Doll Lady."”

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