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
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Noun
For those who never got sick of watching Dunder Mifflin’s few sane employees stare exasperatedly into the camera as one of its certifiable weirdos did something unhinged, there’s a good amount of that here, too. Judy Berman, Time, 3 Sep. 2025 One does not hire Bill Skarsgård unless one is looking for a lanky, off-putting weirdo. Katie Rife, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
And if not, and if someone wants to go, what a weirdo, okay fine, all good. H. Alan Scott jennifer Cunningham, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025 This whole concluding sequence is meant to look and sound like some weirdo mad scientist stuff, between the androids’ cyberpunk goggles and the squishy noises the wriggling creatures make. Noel Murray, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for weirdo

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 9 Sep. 2025.

Kids Definition

weirdo

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