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
Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
Lewis also meets her perfect match in weirdo fearlessness with Amanda Kramer, the director of oddball sensations Give Me Pity!
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Alison Herman, Variety, 16 Jan. 2025
Barry Keoghan went from art-film weirdo to pop-star boyfriend.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2024
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Adjective
Now, Gonzalez admits, Latino Dems can no longer shun their GOP cousins like the weirdo branch of the family at a carne asada.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
Lewis also meets her perfect match in weirdo fearlessness with Amanda Kramer, the director of oddball sensations Give Me Pity!
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Noun
Yet the sequel also arrived the year after the first election of Donald Trump, a figure seemingly drawn from Lynch’s menagerie of babbling weirdos.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 16 Jan. 2025
Barry Keoghan went from art-film weirdo to pop-star boyfriend.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for weirdo
Adjective
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Gilda, who fell in love easily and often, and wasn’t afraid to be weird, or look ridiculous.—
Adrienne LaFrance,
The Atlantic,
15 Feb. 2025
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This isn’t to take a weird victory lap several years later.—
Grant Brisbee,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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My dedication, to help the waifs and strays and eccentrics of the music world together, continues to this day.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
11 Oct. 2024
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Robert Redford delivers folksy wisdom as a local eccentric who once had his own dragon encounter, and even Karl Urban’s greedy logger is more of a nuisance than an outright villain.—
Josh Bell,
Vulture,
20 Dec. 2024
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The bizarre clip, reportedly shot with an iPhone, featured West in a dentist’s chair asking people to go to the website.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
10 Feb. 2025
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Certainly, the eccentric characters and bizarre situations in his novels reflect a hallucinatory vision.—
Tom Vitale,
NPR,
9 Feb. 2025
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McConnell impressed first-team staff during Liverpool’s 2023 pre-season tour of Singapore with his character, attitude in training and ability to listen and absorb information.—
Andy Jones,
The Athletic,
8 Feb. 2025
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His characters are driven by their needs; they’re not driven by rational thinking.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The win-then-disqualification made for a strange post-race set of circumstances.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Feb. 2025
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Tekashi’s camp then called the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office, which dispatched Bomb Squad officers to investigate the strange parcel.—
Marc Griffin,
VIBE.com,
14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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And McGrath, who didn’t resort to telling jokes or making funny faces to force a smile out of Krzystof, literally took matters into her own hands.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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In late January, the iconic funny man appeared on 101.1 The Wiz, reacting to a slew of rappers performing at Donald Trump‘s inauguration.—
Marc Griffin,
VIBE.com,
11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Having studied most of the 107 assists credited to goalkeepers in the Premier League, most are essentially long punts upfield that then rely on brilliant work done by the scorer, are the result of defensive mistakes, or are odd quirks that mean the goalkeeper gets the assist on a technicality.—
Nick Miller,
The Athletic,
6 Feb. 2025
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The ancestors of modern waterfowl weren’t all that odd.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Intensely curious and obsessively correct in matters grammatical, Ross would go to any length to ensure accuracy.—
Christopher B. Daly,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2025
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Uzo is caring, curious … and most of all, empathetic.—
Stacey Wilson Hunt,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Feb. 2025
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“Weirdo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weirdo. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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