The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
ODDBALL
eccentric, eccentric person, flake, oddball, geek
(noun) a person with an unusual or odd personality
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
oddball (plural oddballs)
An eccentric or unusual person.
(neuroscience) A deviant stimulus that appears among repetitive stimuli during an experiment, to trigger an event-related potential in the participant.
Synonyms
• (eccentric or unusual person): kook, odd duck, odd duck, strange fish, queer fish, weirdo; see also strange person
Adjective
oddball (not comparable)
Exotic, not mainstream.
Source: Wiktionary
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