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joeinni | 21:03 Thu 01st Feb 2007 | Phrases & Sayings
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to call someone an odd ball,where does this saying come from
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It started life as a piece of American slang in the 1940s. 'Odd' has meant strange/eccentric since the 1500s and the Americans have tended to add 'ball' to various other basic words to suggest a person...goofball, scuzzball etc.

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