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In linguisticsidiosyncratic usage or meaning is a usage adopted by one person which differs from the generally accepted usage or meaning. In other words, idiosyncratic means "specific to a (given) person".
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Example Usage of Idiosyncratic
zerology: @lirontocker (In case you missed this. hilariously Idiosyncratic typographic statement of the week award) http://bit.ly/5Dss9p
amyrhoda: @NoFlashCards No, it's totally cool! It's just, I laugh at how odd and Idiosyncratic our blog is. It's kinda weird to share a blog, really.
Flagtwister: has, up to now, been a little frightened to use the word idosyncracy. How typically Idiosyncratic of me... ;)
