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different
adjective
out of the ordinary, special, unusual, recherché UK, 1912- [I]n the 60s and 70s used as a polite escape formula, similar to interesting, by those called upon to admire something which, in all sincerity, they cannot: “Well, it’s–er–different!” — Beale, 1984
▶ different strokes for different folks
different things please different people US
Singer Syleena “Syl” Johnson released the song “Different Strokes” (J. Cameron and J. Zachary) with this line in it in 1967; Sly and the Family Stone’s 1968 mega-hit “Everyday People” put the phrase on the map.- Yes, I realize that “times have changed” and that, as a jitterbug friend told me the other day, “one has different strokes for different folks.” — Philadelphia Tribune, p. 5, 19 May 1945
- “I got different strokes for different folks.” [Quoting Cassius Clay] — Great Bend (Kansas) Daily Tribune, p. 6, 11 November 1966
- There are a hundred times as many people addicted to alcohol, anti-depressants and nicotine as there are to heroin or Charlie [cocaine]. Different strokes for different folks, right? — Wayne Anthony, Spanish Highs, p. 65, 1999
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