weirdo
pronunciation
How to pronounce weirdo in British English:
UK [ˈwɪədəʊ]
How to pronounce weirdo in American English:
US [ˈwɪrdoʊ]
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- Noun:
- someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
- someone deranged and possibly dangerous
Word Origin
- weirdo (n.)
- "strange person," 1955, from weird. Compare earlier Scottish weirdie "young man with long hair and a beard" (1894).
Example
- 1. My friend may not , in fact , be a total genius but is definitely a total weirdo at least by comparison to me .
- 2. To me he looked more like monty burns , the evil , ancient , rich weirdo in the simpsons .
- 3. Both require that you don 't mind people thinking you 're a weirdo !
- 4. Please , feel free to count how many times you fart each day to see if you are above or below average but it may be worth not telling anyone else as you don 't want them thinking you are a weirdo .
- 5. In a recent review of lelyveld 's book , which describes gandhi 's intense friendship with a german jewish man in south africa , the right-wing british historian andrew roberts accused him of being a " sexual weirdo . "