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# weirdo

noun (a weirdo, weirdos; slang)

«weirdo» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (slang, rude) A person who seems very strange or odd. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weirdo/#m1)
2. (slang, friendly) Said jokingly to a friend who does something silly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weirdo/#m2)

### In the lessons

Common in casual and children's talk and in stories with real speech. Calling someone a weirdo can be bullying; between close friends it can be a joke. Tells the reader how one character sees another.

### Examples

- Stop pulling faces, you weirdo! laughed her sister. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weirdo/#x1)
- Don't call the new boy a weirdo; that's unkind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weirdo/#x2)
- Everyone thought he was a weirdo until they got to know him. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weirdo/#x3)
- My dog is a total weirdo: he sleeps upside down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weirdo/#x4)
- In the film, the weirdo next door turned out to be a hero. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weirdo/#x5)
- She proudly said, «Yes, I'm a weirdo, and I like it.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weirdo/#x6)

### Note

Informal and often rude; never use it in school writing except in a character's speech. Plural weirdos. From «weird» (spelt with ei, a common spelling trap: «weird» breaks the «i before e» rule).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «weirdo» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weirdo/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«weirdo» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/weirdo.html) on Mova free.