weirdo

1 of 2

noun

plural weirdos
: a person who is extraordinarily strange or eccentric

weirdo

2 of 2

adjective

Examples of weirdo in a Sentence

Noun one of those weirdos that the rest of the town always seemed to be talking about Adjective he saw some weirdo lights in the sky and immediately concluded that it had to be a UFO
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Riedl is one of those weirdos who remained a conservative after 2016. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 13 Mar. 2024 This Rapunzel-like weirdo (adorably played by the director’s daughter, Apple Farrelly) has been following Ricky’s Instagram profile, and can’t wait to meet the guy Dean says has been saving the world with Bono. Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Mar. 2024 Director: Tom Shadyac Cast: Jim Carrey, Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Aniston, Steve Carell, Lisa Ann Walter A suburban dad’s (Tom Hanks) stay-cation takes an ominous turn when a family of weirdos (led by Bruce Dern) move in down the block. EW.com, 2 Mar. 2024 Wearing a Fashion Brand Company piece in public is a kind of siren call to fellow fashion weirdos. Jessica Testa, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024 Ready for another deliciously outré performance from Lars Eidinger, everybody’s favorite German arthouse weirdo (known for his work in Personal Shopper, Clouds of Sils Maria, White Noise, and on and on)? Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2024 Ione Skye is Diane Court, a valedictorian dream girl for the ages, and John Cusack is Lloyd Dobler, the charming (and kickboxing) weirdo who only has eyes for her. Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2023 True to noir form, it’s pumped up on twists, weirdos and bloodshed. Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2024 The conversation that used to take place among a small-but-intense group of weirdos now expands to include the general public. Vulture, 29 Jan. 2024
Adjective
Dismukes is a cowboy weirdo hassling fellow bar patron Thompson. Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 15 Oct. 2023 The two connected and developed a lasting bond as weirdo outsiders adjacent to the scene. Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2023 This is Scandinavian business weirdo Gustav Magnar Witzøe, who became a billionaire when his father gifted him half of a salmon company. Vulture, 1 May 2023 Suddenly this whole domain of organisms that had been relegated to weirdo environments turn out to do fine in normal habitats, says Fuhrman. Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019 In fact, the best song on Pleased To Meet Me is named after and based on lovable weirdo Chilton, who did a trial production session with the band in the early stages of Tim but was replaced by the Ramones’ Tommy Ramone (more on that in a moment). Jonathan Cohen, Spin, 21 Sep. 2023 In fact, last year the Urus accounted for 58 percent of Lamborghini's overall worldwide sales, the triumph of the weirdo off-roader. Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 4 Sep. 2023 Keaton, in other words, makes Wayne a rather likable weirdo — one of Burton’s signature sympathetic misfits. Vulture, 25 Aug. 2023 The villain, of course, is Matthew Broderick’s lonely, weirdo billionaire Dr. Richard Sackler, who oversaw the creation and marketing of the drug as a supposedly non-addictive miracle pain medication—and a cash cow for his family’s company, Purdue Pharma. Time, 10 Aug. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

Noun

circa 1955, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

1962, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of weirdo was circa 1955

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“Weirdo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weirdo. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

weirdo

noun
ˈwi(ə)rd-ō
plural weirdos
: a strange person

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