Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A strange or eccentric person.
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- noun slang A
strange ,odd ,eccentric person. - noun slang An
insane , possiblydangerous person.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone deranged and possibly dangerous
- noun someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
Etymologies
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Examples
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He was rewarded with the nickname "weirdo" by puzzled teammates.
BBC News - Home 2011
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But the way he rattles through his pieces, flipping off a little of this, and then a little of that, showing off his brilliance, reveling in weirdo paradoxes, isn't going to appeal to many who aren't already smartypants autistics.
Where is the Failure?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Imagined Legend weirdo is perplexed fails back on the weak solution.
Think Progress » Fox Thinks Winter Chill Disproves Global Warming; Experts Disagree 2010
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Gritz I think if you take any group you will find racists, sexists and just plain weirdo's and nut jobs.
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Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't the word weirdo actually first arise from Blairite counter smearing in the long running saga of Blair-Brown?
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(depending on which wack-job churchy-preachy-weirdo is presenting their version of the Bible.)
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I shouldn’t have so blatantly pwned that freakin weirdo so many times.
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Monkey-boy Cha-Ka (Saturday Night Live writer and Lonely Island member Jorma Taccone) is a beloved weirdo from the show, but in the movie he’s turned into an annoying horndog who is responsible for about half of the movie’s unfortunate stable of pee and poo jokes.
“Land of the Lost” has commitment issues » Scene-Stealers 2009
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I must admit I am slightly curious what the weirdo is up to over there, but I refuse to give in and go look – I don’t want to give her the traffic. mothergoosemouse Said,
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What kind of weirdo puts pants on top of trousers and HANGS IT UP.
slumry commented on the word weirdo
Wordie, scrambled
August 1, 2007
reesetee commented on the word weirdo
Or not so scrambled.... ;->
August 1, 2007
yarb commented on the word weirdo
An apposite anagram, according to Mrs Yarb.
March 18, 2008