weird
strange, unusual
TRANSLATION
weird = bizarr, eigenartig, schräg, seltsam, sonderbar, unheimlich, verschroben (woerterbuch.info) --- GOOGLE INDEX weird: approximately 73,000,000 hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a WEIRD religious cult.
-Rita Rudner, comedian
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People who claim to have been kidnapped by aliens report very wierd experiences.
PS
-Rita Rudner, comedian
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People who claim to have been kidnapped by aliens report very wierd experiences.
PS
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weird
adjective
- very strange and unusual, unexpected or not natural
(Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
Weird, which originally referred to having the power to control the fate of men (circa 1400), developed from the Old English wyrd (about 725, in Beowulf). Wyrd is related to the Old Saxon wurd, meaning fate.
The Middle English adjective was originally used in weird sisters, the three Fates or goddesses who controlled human destiny. The sense of odd or unusual first surfaced in the early 1800s.
The San Francisco Chronicle collects and publishes what they consider weird news events. Here is a recent sample:
- A gang of armed robbers forced a man to strip naked and then glued him to his exercise bike and sealed his lips with more glue while they ransacked his house, according to a published report.
- A music teacher who twice ordered a seven-year-old pupil to hit himself in the head with drum mallets will not return to the Parkway School District next year. State officials say the 36-year-old teacher intended the head banging as a lesson to Justin Barricklow about hitting the drums too hard.
- A Hillsboro mother found her daughter's missing winter coat on eBay, and now a teacher at the girl's elementary school faces charges of theft and computer crimes. The teacher’s annual salary is nearly $70,000 a year.
- A couple checking out a house for sale in Wisconsin were shocked to discover the 55-year-old homeowner dead in her bed. Authorities said foul play was not suspected.
- A man arrested for allegedly trying to use a stolen credit card at a drugstore got a break from a judge after passing a sort of Bible quiz. When Eric Hine appeared in court , his attorney described him as a churchgoer, hoping the judge would be lenient. Hamilton County Municipal Court Judge John Burlew was sceptical and asked Hine to recite the 23rd Psalm.
He did: all six verses. Some in the courtroom applauded.
Burlew was satisfied and released Hine on a $10,0000 appearance bond, meaning he'll have to pay that amount if he doesn't show up for his next court date.
Weird, but true!
(sources: Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology, San Francisco Chronicle)
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SYNONYMS
creepy, curious, dreadful, eccentric, eerie, far-out, fearful, flaky, freaky, funky, ghastly, ghostly, grotesque, haunting, horrific, inscrutable, kinky, kooky, magical, mysterious, occult, odd, oddball, ominous, outlandish, peculiar, preternatural, queer, secret, spooky, strange, supernal, supernatural, uncanny, uncouth, unearthly, unnatural
(Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus)
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ANTONYMS
normal, regular, usual
(Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus)
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adjective
- very strange and unusual, unexpected or not natural
(Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
Weird, which originally referred to having the power to control the fate of men (circa 1400), developed from the Old English wyrd (about 725, in Beowulf). Wyrd is related to the Old Saxon wurd, meaning fate.
The Middle English adjective was originally used in weird sisters, the three Fates or goddesses who controlled human destiny. The sense of odd or unusual first surfaced in the early 1800s.
The San Francisco Chronicle collects and publishes what they consider weird news events. Here is a recent sample:
- A gang of armed robbers forced a man to strip naked and then glued him to his exercise bike and sealed his lips with more glue while they ransacked his house, according to a published report.
- A music teacher who twice ordered a seven-year-old pupil to hit himself in the head with drum mallets will not return to the Parkway School District next year. State officials say the 36-year-old teacher intended the head banging as a lesson to Justin Barricklow about hitting the drums too hard.
- A Hillsboro mother found her daughter's missing winter coat on eBay, and now a teacher at the girl's elementary school faces charges of theft and computer crimes. The teacher’s annual salary is nearly $70,000 a year.
- A couple checking out a house for sale in Wisconsin were shocked to discover the 55-year-old homeowner dead in her bed. Authorities said foul play was not suspected.
- A man arrested for allegedly trying to use a stolen credit card at a drugstore got a break from a judge after passing a sort of Bible quiz. When Eric Hine appeared in court , his attorney described him as a churchgoer, hoping the judge would be lenient. Hamilton County Municipal Court Judge John Burlew was sceptical and asked Hine to recite the 23rd Psalm.
He did: all six verses. Some in the courtroom applauded.
Burlew was satisfied and released Hine on a $10,0000 appearance bond, meaning he'll have to pay that amount if he doesn't show up for his next court date.
Weird, but true!
(sources: Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology, San Francisco Chronicle)
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SYNONYMS
creepy, curious, dreadful, eccentric, eerie, far-out, fearful, flaky, freaky, funky, ghastly, ghostly, grotesque, haunting, horrific, inscrutable, kinky, kooky, magical, mysterious, occult, odd, oddball, ominous, outlandish, peculiar, preternatural, queer, secret, spooky, strange, supernal, supernatural, uncanny, uncouth, unearthly, unnatural
(Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus)
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ANTONYMS
normal, regular, usual
(Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus)
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IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
"When you first go to a foreign country expect to have some wierd experiences, which later you'll consider quite normal."
