UNCONVENTIONAL, UNCONVENTIONALLY
ADJECTIVES
► BOHO unconventional, bohemian → 1958 US sl.
► CODDY eccentric, odd, unconventional → 1892 Amer. dial.
► FAR OUT unconventional, avant-garde → 1960 sl.
► HARD-CASE eccentric, unconventional → 1971 NZ sl.
► OFFBEAT differing from the usual or expected; unconventional → 1925
► OFF-BRAND odd, peculiar, unusual, unconventional, strange → 1960 Amer. sl.
► OFF-TRAIL unconventional, out of the ordinary, unusual → 1953 US sl.
► SPROUTSY unconventional, unorthodox in habits and opinions → 1970s US sl.
► SWITCHED-OFF unconventional, not in the current fashion → 1966 US sl.
► WACKY ► WHACKY erratic, irrational, unconventional; crazy → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► WAY OUT extreme; unconventional; experimental or innovative; good → 1958 US sl.
ADVERBS
► OFF THE WALL spontaneously, unconventionally → 1970s US sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► BIRD an outsider, a newcomer, an unconventional person → 1931 sl., orig. US tramps’ usage
► BOHO a Bohemian, in the sense of an unconventional person; a person who adopts an unconventional life style → 1958 US sl.
► DING-A-LING a person with strange or unconventional behaviour; an eccentric; one who is crazy or mentally abnormal → 1944 Amer. dial.
► OFF-BRAND an unconventional or strange person → 1967 US sl.
► OLD DOG a man, usually with overtones of admiration for his less than conventional lifestyle → 1600
► OUTLAW a person who flouts conventional practices and regulations → 1920 US sl.
► PAGAN a person of heathenish character or habits, or one who holds a position analogous to that of a heathen in relation to a Christian society; one outside conventional society → 1841
► QUARE HAWK someone who is unconventional in some way; an odd person → 1989 Ireland sl.
► RADICAL DUDE a person whose unconventional ideas and behaviour sets him or her apart from the general population → 1993 (Bk.)
► WACK an erratic, irrational, or unconventional person → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► WACKER an erratic, irrational, or unconventional person → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
PHRASES
► BORN WITH A PACK OF CARDS IN ONE HAND, A BOTTLE OF BOOZE IN THE OTHER, AND A FAG IN HIS MOUTH refers to one who is born to the unconventional and slightly disreputable manner → 1950s