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Etymology
1950s US origin, popularized by Muhammad Ali (1966) and later the song "Everyday People" by Sly Stone (1968).
Meanings
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Different people like different things; there's no accounting for taste.
There is a yellow one that won't accept the black one / That won't accept the red one, that won't accept the white one / Different strokes for different folks
1968, “Everyday People”, in Stand!, performed by Sly and the Family Stone: