weirdo

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noun

ˈwir-(ˌ)dō How to pronounce weirdo (audio)
plural weirdos
Synonyms of weirdonext
: a person who is extraordinarily strange or eccentric

weirdo

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adjective

: strange, weird

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Noun

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Examples of weirdo in a Sentence

Noun one of those weirdos that the rest of the town always seemed to be talking about Adjective he saw some weirdo lights in the sky and immediately concluded that it had to be a UFO
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Noun
Pretty soon, all sorts of freaky weirdos were hanging out: Hal’s best friend, Whitney, and Randall’s pretty girlfriend, Jean, and Red, and all their friends, and all their friends, and on and on. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025 Seems like kind of a weirdo [to be honest] to just roll with it. — Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
My constituents, and a majority of this country, put Trump in the White House, not this unelected, weirdo billionaire. — Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025 Tyler, The Creator has had his fair share of weirdo run-ins already this year. — Angel Diaz, Billboard, 26 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for weirdo

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

circa 1955, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

1962, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of weirdo was circa 1955

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weirdo

noun
ˈwi(ə)rd-ō
plural weirdos
: a strange person
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