off the grid vs strange

off the grid

adj
  • Isolated; in a remote location; in seclusion; not participating in some official process or system. 

  • Not connected to a publicly available communication system, such as the World Wide Web or a mobile telephone network. 

  • Not using electricity from the public electrical supply system. 

adv
  • Secretly; in a clandestine manner. 

  • In or into a situation or place in which electricity from the public electricity system is not used. 

  • In or into a clandestine or isolated situation or place, especially one in which public communication is curtailed. 

strange

adj
  • Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience. 

  • Outside of one's current relationship; unfamiliar. 

  • Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary. 

  • Having the quantum mechanical property of strangeness. 

  • Not belonging to one. 

  • Of an attractor: having a fractal structure. 

noun
  • Sex outside of one's current relationship. 

How often have the words off the grid and strange occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )