oddball
意味
- 偏屈な人,つむじ曲がり
- 偏屈な,風変りな
例文
It's simply that I don't really understand what an "oddball" is when said by a Mixi user.
純粋に、ミクシィユーザーが言うところの「変な人」ってどんな人なのか、私にはいまいちわからないのだ。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
Compound of odd + ball. First used in late 1930s, describing an extra ball played as a bonus in pin-ball type games. Well-attested since the 1940s, with the adjective appearing earlier than the noun.