Etymology

different strokes for different folks

Today it means: Different people like different things; there's no accounting for taste. Full definition →

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The story

1950s US origin, popularized by Muhammad Ali (1966) and later the song "Everyday People" by Sly Stone (1968).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.