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weirdo

noun, adj — 4 senses

weirdo

nounalso spelled Weirdo

UK /ˈwɪə.dəʊ/ · US /ˈwɪəɹ.doʊ/

Etymology From weird + -o (“person with characteristic”). First attested in the early 1950s, in American English. The similar word weirdie (“odd, unconventional person”) is attested from earlier, in 1887; in Scottish English.

1

Derogatory, Informal A strange, odd, eccentric person.

2

Derogatory, Informal An insane, possibly dangerous person.

Synonyms
strange person, mad person
Derived terms
geardo, queerdo, Weirdo
Related terms
oddball, wingnut

weirdo

adj

Etymology From weird + -o (“person with characteristic”). First attested in the early 1950s, in American English. The similar word weirdie (“odd, unconventional person”) is attested from earlier, in 1887; in Scottish English.

1

Weird.

  • What's going on in this weirdo town?2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Twilight Town:

Weirdo

noun

Etymology Blend of Weir + weirdo

1

Lifestyle Slang A superfan of American science-fiction author Andy Weir.

Coordinate terms
Conehead, Cumberbitch, Trekkie, Twihard

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — authors: page histories for weirdo and Weirdo.