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weirdo
[ weer-doh ]
noun
- an odd, eccentric, or unconventional person.
- a psychopath, especially a dangerous or vicious one; psycho:
They caught the weirdo who attacked the children.
weirdo
/ ˈwɪədəʊ; ˈwɪədɪ /
noun
- informal.a person who behaves in a bizarre or eccentric manner
Example Sentences
And then there's Elon Musk, the wealthy weirdo nobody in America voted for, to whom Trump gave the keys to the federal government and told him he could fire anyone he wanted to.
“All these weirdos pop up out of nowhere with different stories to sell this,” Henley said.
Instead, the film wastes the story’s bizarre bones and settles for being frustratingly predictable, forgetting the best thing about Kidman’s presence: She’s great at playing a total freakin’ weirdo.
"With this law comes the legitimacy of our family," Rungtiwa says, "We're no longer viewed as weirdos just because our daughter isn't being raised by heterosexual parents."
Mayers scoffed at the accusations and accused Ephron of extortion, telling him to “stop making s— up” and “call the police if i ‘shot’ @ u u weirdo.”
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doesweirdo mean?
A weirdo is a person who behaves in ways that are considered odd or unconventional.
Weirdo is based on the adjective weird, which most commonly means strange, odd, peculiar, or bizarre. Weirdo is very informal. It can be used both negatively as an insult and positively as a compliment, depending on how you feel about someone else’s weird behavior.
Much less commonly, weirdo can be used as an informal term for a person considered a dangerous psychopath.
Example: My dog keeps licking the wall—what a weirdo!
Where doesweirdo come from?
The first records of weirdo come from the 1950s. It’s a combination of the word weird and the suffix –o, which is used to form nouns that refer to people who exhibit a certain quality, especially in a negative way, as in sicko and cheapo.
A weirdo is someone who does or says weird things. But there are shades of weirdo. Sometimes when we call people weirdos we’re trying to insult them or shame them for doing something we consider unacceptably bizarre, as in Some weirdo in my apartment keeps playing “Happy Birthday” at 3 a.m. But a weirdo might be a completely harmless eccentric—just someone who does things considered odd, like always eating pizza crust-first or naming their fingernails. Most people are a weirdo in at least some way—I mean, what kind of weirdo doesn’t do anything weird? If we value weirdness, then weirdo becomes a term of fondness and affection, and we seek out other wonderful weirdos to be weird with.
Weirdo is formed from the adjective weird but it is sometimes used as an adjective itself, as in Do you hear yourself when you suggest these weirdo ideas? It means about the same thing as weird, but it has all the same potential implications of the word weirdo when it’s used as a noun—meaning it can be positive or negative depending on the intent of the speaker.
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How isweirdo used in real life?
Weirdo is very informal. It’s used both positively and negatively depending on what the speaker wants to imply about the person they’re calling a weirdo.
If you have a picture of yourself on your phone background, you’re a total weirdo. Fact.
— Dan Beasley-Harling (@DBeasleyHarling)
I'm the kind of weirdo that actually enjoys going out to eat alone 🥦🥂😆
— Damarr🧙🏿♂️ (@Daddy_Mar)
Happy 34th anniversary to these lovable weirdos that bring me so much joy.
— brandon wenerd (@brandonwenerd)
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Is weirdo used correctly in the following sentence?
That guy talks really weirdo.
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