different strokes

noun

Etymology

Appeared in general use by 1970. Possibly originally from the 1968 song “Everyday People” by “Sly & The Family Stone”

Definitions

  1. Different touches.

  2. Different styles adapted to a specific situation.

    • Different strokes for different folks.
  3. Ellipsis of different strokes for different folks.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for different strokes. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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