conventional vs strange

conventional

adj
  • Ordinary, commonplace. 

  • In accordance with a bidding convention, as opposed to a natural bid. 

  • Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour. 

  • Banal, trite, hackneyed, unoriginal or clichéd. 

  • Pertaining to a weapon which is not a weapon of mass destruction. 

  • Making use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. 

noun
  • A conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond paying the holder a fixed cash payment (or coupon) every six months until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and the return of the principal. 

strange

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

  • Outside of one's current relationship; unfamiliar. 

  • Having the quantum mechanical property of strangeness. 

  • Not belonging to one. 

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

  • Of an attractor: having a fractal structure. 

noun
  • Sex outside of one's current relationship. 

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