bizarro

adjective

bi·​zar·​ro bə-ˈzär-ō How to pronounce bizarro (audio)
: characterized by a bizarre, fantastic, or unconventional approach
bizarro noun

Examples of bizarro in a Sentence

the cat was acting pretty bizarro this morning, and I'm worried about him a bizarro comedy that earned a cult following
Recent Examples on the Web Another transformed the website of a small-town Iowa newspaper into a bizarro repository for AI blog posts on retail stocks. Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 5 Mar. 2024 The film has subsequently inspired a surprising number of memes, adding to its bizarro lore. Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2023 To continue our bizarro billiards metaphor, imagine that one person plays our game alone in a room for a random period of time. Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2023 Why did anyone pay such attention to this bizarro Mr. Smith gone to Washington? Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2023 The Heart of Saturday Night’s cover illustration references the Frank Sinatra classic In the Wee Small Hours, which sums up how early Waits was sort of a bizarro Sinatra, offering his own skewed version of Ol’ Blue Eyes at his most introspective and nocturnal. Al Shipley, Spin, 3 Oct. 2023 However, this type of bizarro stunt is something Latinx folks identified almost immediately. Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023 But to its credit, Mr. Jimmy isn’t just another peek into the bizarro world of show business. David Browne, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2023 The best human characteristics displayed in THE BLIND SIDE might be easy to dismiss in the bizarro world of elitist film critique and social media cynicism. Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Aug. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

extension of bizarre entry 1, probably after Bizarro, grotesque duplicate of Superman in the Superman comic-book series who inhabits a "bizarro world"

First Known Use

1971, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bizarro was in 1971

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“Bizarro.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bizarro. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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