quirks
Little personal oddities
Quirks are peculiarities or unexpected behaviors—small oddities that distinguish a person, thing, or system.
Someone's quirks might be endearing or annoying: I've learned to live with his quirks.
A quirk of fate is an unpredictable twist of circumstance.
Software has quirks when it behaves unexpectedly: The app has a few quirks, but it works.
Distinctive personal peculiarity
- peculiarityUnusual distinguishing characteristic
- odditySomething unusual or unexpected
- mannerismDistinctive personal habit
- foibleMinor personal flaw
trait · characteristic · singularity · whimsy · kookiness · individuality · unconventionality · distinctiveness
Departure from standard
- glitchMinor system fault
- bugCrawling creature or defect
- deviationDeparture from expected path
- aberrationDeviation from the norm
inconsistency · exception · outlier · variation · discrepancy · divergence · malfunction · hiccup
idiosyncrasy
Distinctive personal peculiarity
- peculiarityUnusual distinguishing characteristic
- odditySomething unusual or unexpected
- mannerismDistinctive personal habit
foible · trait · characteristic · singularity · whimsy · kookiness · individuality · unconventionality · distinctiveness · personality
irregularity
Departure from standard
aberration · inconsistency · exception · outlier · variation · discrepancy · divergence · malfunction · hiccup · kink
endearing
Arousing fondness or affection
delightful · charming · cute · winning · personality · character · flavor · spice · color · warmth
routine
Regular sequence of actions
- tendencyInclination toward a behavior
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
- behaviorManner of conducting oneself
custom · practice · ritual · propensity · compulsion · fixation · obsession · tick · tic · repetition
- quirkseccentricities, idiosyncrasies, peculiarities, oddities, foibles
- behaviorshabit, aggressive, agitation, conduct, passive
- character traitspersonality, virtue, temperament, honor, disposition
- personalself, privacy, personal space, identity, name
- particularsdetails, specifics, particulars, minutiae, nuances
- curiositiesoddities, curiosities, rarities, wonders, anomalies
quirksconformities
Agreements with prevailing standards
conventionalities · norms · conventions · normalities · uniformities
quirksconsistencies
States of being uniform
regularities · predictabilities · uniformities · reliabilities · steadiness
quirksnorms
Expected behavioral standards
commonalities · ordinariness · banalities · conventionalities · averageness
- quirk of fateUnexpected chance occurrence
- personal quirk
- quirky sidekickUnconventional supporting character role
- quirky charactersUnconventional, endearing personalities
- quirky habitOdd personal routine
- quirky humorUnconventional comedic sensibility