An unconventional person, someone who does not follow the beat, who chooses not to conform
In addition to creating a web of stories that will be passed through many generations, these offbeats usually strengthen the fiber of their particular hobby.
If you describe something or someone as offbeat, you think that they are different from normal. a wickedly offbeat imagination. = unconventional. unusual and not what people normally expect, especially in an interesting way
An imaginary beat placed halfway between two beats If you were tapping your feet, the upbeat would occur when your toe reached its highest point off the ground