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• n  eccentricity that is not easily explained
• n  a strange attitude or habit
• n  something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting

• This week shoppers in a Dallas mall will bear witness to an oddity.
• But it is hardly the only oddity.
• Bolt is an exciting showman and, clearly, a gifted runner, but is he an inimitable oddity, or proof that athletes are simply getting faster overall?.

• oddness
• queerness
• quirk
• quirkiness
• crotchet
• curio
• curiosity
• oddment
• peculiarity
• rarity

News & Articles

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• Congo orchestra born on mean streets finds royal favor
  By Jonny Hogg KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congo's sweltering riverside capital is more accustomed to the pulsating rhythms of some of Africa's most famous Soukous and Rumba musicians than the more genteel strains of Italian classical composer Guiseppe Verdi. But a strange musical oddity - a symphony orchestra of self-taught musicians, some of whom had to make their own instruments - is becoming one of ...
  June 11, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
• Congo orchestra born on mean streets finds royal favour
  By Jonny Hogg KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congo's sweltering riverside capital is more accustomed to the pulsating rhythms of some of Africa's most famous Soukous and Rumba musicians than the more genteel strains of Italian classical composer Guiseppe Verdi. But a strange musical oddity - a symphony orchestra of self-taught musicians, some of whom had to make their own instruments - is becoming one of ...
  June 11, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
• Astronaut Chris Hadfield, who used Twitter and YouTube to describe space travel — is retiring (VIDEO)
  The astronaut, who posted stunning photos and video of his space travels on the internet, including a cover version of David Bowie's classic "Space Oddity" will move back to Canada.
  June 11, 2013 - GlobalPost