weirdo

English

Etymology

From weird +‎ -o (“person with characteristic”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈwɪədəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈwɪəɹdoʊ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)dəʊ

Noun

weirdo (plural weirdoes or weirdos)

1. (informal, chiefly derogatory) A strange, odd, eccentric person.
2. (informal, chiefly derogatory) An insane, possibly dangerous person.

Synonyms

• (strange person): See Thesaurus:strange person
• (insane person): See Thesaurus:mad person

Derived terms

• geardo
• queerdo

Translations

strange person

• Bulgarian: чудак (bg) m (čudak), особняк (bg) m (osobnjak)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 騎呢怪 / 骑呢怪 (ke⁴ le⁴ gwaai³)

• Czech: podivín (cs) m
• Finnish: härö (fi)
• French: hurluberlu (fr), loufoque (fr), zarbi (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Exzentriker (de) m, Spinner (de) m
• Greek: παράξενος (el) m (paráxenos), ανώμαλος (el) m (anómalos)
• Hungarian: különc (hu)
• Icelandic: furðufugl (is) m
• Ingrian: cudakka
• Italian: strambo (it)
• Japanese: 変な人 (hen na hito)
• Macedonian: чу́дак m (čúdak)
• Maori: porowairangi
• Polish: dziwak (pl) m, cudak (pl) m
• Portuguese: esquisito (pt) m
• Russian: чуда́к (ru) (čudák)
• Scottish Gaelic: baoghal m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: чудак

  Roman: čudak (sh)

• Spanish: excéntrico (es) m, bicho raro m, rarito m, anormal (es) m or f

See also

• oddball
• wingnut

Adjective

weirdo (not comparable)

1. Weird.
   • 2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Twilight Town:

     What's going on in this weirdo town?

   • 2019 December 8, Neal McCluskey, “Here’s The Trump Administration’s Weirdo Plan For The Student Aid Crisis”, in The National Interest‎^[1]:

Anagrams

• rowdie, wordie