BIZARRE
ADJECTIVES
.M19 — SICK bizarre, unfashionable, unappealing, weak → US students’ sl.
1889 — KINKY bizarre, odd, eccentric → US sl.
1895 — FREAKY bizarre, odd →US sl.
..L19 — LIKE A MONKEY ON A STICK behaving in a bizarre, eccentric manner → sl.
1900 — GOOEY bizarre, strange → US students’ sl.
1925 — FAR OUT bizarre, eccentric, strange → sl.
1937 — OFF-THE-WALL bizarre, unusual → sl.
1950 — FUNNY-TIME bizarre, strange → African-American sl.
1959 — KINKY attractive or provocative in a bizarre way → colloq.
1960 — TRIPPY bizarre; surreal → US sl.
1971 — BIZARRO bizarre → US sl.
1971 — GONZO having a bizarre style; crazed → US sl.
1976 — MONDO BIZARRO very bizarre → colloq.
1979 — GONZOID having a bizarre style; crazed → US sl.
1980 — OBSCURE bizarre, strange, weird → US students’ sl.
1980 — RANDOM bizarre, eccentric, odd →US students’ & teen sl.
1980 — SKETCHED — SKETCHED OUT bizarre, bad, weird → US students’ sl.
1983 — NAPPY bizarre but not unattractive → US students’ sl., derogatory
1983 — OUT THERE bizarre, extreme → sl.
1990 — ILL bizarre, surprising → African-American & teen sl.
1990 — MENTAL bizarre, wonderful, terrifying according to context → sl.
1995 — OSTROBOGULOUS bizarre, unusual, interesting → sl.
2000 — ILK bizarre, unpleasant, distasteful → African-American sl.
2003 — BIZZURD bizarre, absurd → UK sl.
INTERJECTIONS
1960 — WHAT A TRIP! how bizarre! how strange! what an odd experience! → sl.
NOUNS
1966 — MONDO BIZARRO the world of the bizarre or surreal → colloq.
1992 — JACK MOVE a strange action or bizarre behaviour → African-American sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1930 — DOOFLUS — DOUFAS — DOUFUS a bizarre, eccentric person → African-American & teen sl.
1940 — ODDBALL a bizarre, eccentric, or nonconforming person, esp. one having beliefs that are unusual but harmless → Amer. colloq.
1940 — ZOMBIE a bizarre or weird looking person; a person exhibiting eccentric behaviour; a character → Amer. students’ sl.
1960 — SNAP CASE a bizarre person → Amer. sl.
1964 — KINK a person having bizarre tastes or ideas, esp. one habituated to unconventional sexual practices → Amer. sl.
1965 — HEADCASE a person whose behaviour is bizarre or markedly eccentric; such a person characterized as mentally ill or unstable → sl.
1965 — HEADER a bizarre or unstable person; a psychotic; a mentally deranged person → sl.
1980 — BIZARRO a bizarre person → US sl.
VERBS
1964 — FREAK OUT to make someone feel bizarre, unsettled, or astonished → US sl.