odd fish

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odd fish

noun odd fish

idiomatic An unusual thing or eccentric person. We are constantly told how normal and honorable Thoreau was, yet it seems that we would get much further in understanding him if we began, by conceding that he was an odd fish, full of peculiar conceits.
Similar: abnormality, deviant, outlier, strange fish, weirdo, odd duck

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@misc{odd_fish_2026,
  title = {odd fish},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/odd%20fish},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}