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weirdo

UK/ˈwɪə.dəʊ/ US/ˈwɪəɹ.doʊ/ fairly common informal slang

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Origin

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.

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