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
Those weirdos would go on to become the founding collective behind Meow Wolf, now a national immersive art phenomenon. Ingrid Schmidt, HollywoodReporter, 2 Aug. 2025 The basic premise of each video — What if this weirdo worked in an office? Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 24 July 2025
Adjective
For every new cohort of clubby punch-line comedians and truth-telling trauma explorers, somewhere a weirdo rises. Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025 The book counterbalances the weirdo factor with multiple heartwarming Disney Adult interviews, including one with an amputee who achieved a running goal at a Disney race and another in which a woman reprioritized, choosing a church mission trip instead of financing another Disney World adventure. Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 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 19 Aug. 2025.

Kids Definition

weirdo

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