as in weird
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion
he saw some weirdo lights in the sky and immediately concluded that it had to be a UFO
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as in eccentric
a person of odd or whimsical habits
one of those weirdos that the rest of the town always seemed to be talking about
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Recent Examples of weirdo
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
Give me this kind of weirdo interpretation over yet-another-stuffy-period-piece any day!
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Drew Broussard,
Literary Hub,
13 Apr. 2026
Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2026
André 3000, largely thanks to experiments in dress, is often considered the weirdo wild card, and Big Boi the straight man.
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New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
André 3000, largely thanks to experiments in dress, is often considered the weirdo wild card, and Big Boi the straight man.
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New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
Give me this kind of weirdo interpretation over yet-another-stuffy-period-piece any day!
—
Drew Broussard,
Literary Hub,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
One can forget that Cage, who finds a middle way between doing a bit and playing a person, is a good comic actor, and not merely a weirdo.
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Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2026
André 3000, largely thanks to experiments in dress, is often considered the weirdo wild card, and Big Boi the straight man.
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New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for weirdo
Adjective
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As the two form a close bond, Laila discovers there's some weird business going on within the house that threatens both of them.
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Confessions kicked off one of the weirdest eras in a career that has never been stingy with weirdness.
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With its loose ends and digressions, Dream Me a Dream stays true to those idiosyncratic instincts while retaining enough of the welcoming glow of Dance of Love to make this an affecting farewell from an endearing eccentric.
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The eccentric cuz is quick to try and help Bobby solve problems, which often gets him into trouble, but ultimately pushes him out of his shell.
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When this place is eventually gone — a phrase that feels truly bizarre given the environment this summer and the half-century preceding it — the lasting images will be the seas of red.
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Continue reading … 'DEEPLY WEIRD' — CNN panel's bizarre 'read as Jewish' comment about a senator draws fierce blowback.
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There was a small card with a graphic that pictured Wiley walking in the middle of Bluey and Bingo, two characters from the show.
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Her refusal to sugarcoat the interior and exterior lives of her characters, whether enslaved or traumatized by the past — by events in American history — was purposeful.
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Others may miss the warmth of a person who can read the room, handle a strange request or help when something goes wrong.
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Canada coach Jesse Marsch gives strange interview after Morocco World Cup loss.
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People who see ghosts tend to see the same ghost wafting down the same staircase, but none of the characters populating Leo’s wacko hallucinations have returned for a repeat perfor-mance.
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This wacko crew was one of the greatest things in the history of television.
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Watching improv is reliably funny because performers work without a script.
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But figuring out how to do all that while being funny at the same time?
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Many audiences may recognize him best as the shirtless, nunchuck-wielding oddball in the coming-of-age classic Ghost World (2001).
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Black Rock Coalition bands like funk-metal group 24-7 Spyz and shoegaze oddballs the Veldt—particularly when the Veldt’s murkiness resolves into a major-key chorus.
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