WEIRD, WEIRDLY
ADJECTIVES
► BALMY IN THE CRUMPET ► BARMY IN THE CRUMPET wrong in the head; crazy, eccentric, weird → 1891 sl.
► BIZOTIC unexpected, out of the ordinary, weird → 1984 US teen & high school sl.
► DOUBLE-GAITED weird; eccentric → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► EERIEFUL weird, uncanny, foreboding evil, portentous → 1880 Sc.
► EERISOME weird, gloomy → 1818
► EILDRON unearthly, ghostly, weird, uncanny → 1838 Sc.
► ELDRICK ► ELDRISH unearthly, ghostly, weird, uncanny; dreadful, ghastly, frightful → 1785 Eng. dial.
► ELDRITCH weird, ghostly, unnatural; frightful, hideous, ghastly, fearful, terrible → 1508 Sc.
► ELENGE ► ELLINGE solitary, lonely; dreary, weird, uncanny → 1691 Eng. dial.
► ERLISCH uncanny, weird, unearthly → 1865 Sc. obs.
► FUNKY weird; strange → 1980s US students’ sl.
► FUNNY-BUNNY weird, odd, eccentric → 1960s US sl.
► GROTTY grotesque; weird → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► HAIRY weird, complicated → 1960s sl.
► HELANGE solitary, lonely; dreary, weird, uncanny → 1691 Eng. dial.
► LURKY seedy, untrustworthy, weird → 1970s US students’ sl.
► OBSCURE strange, bizarre, weird → 1980s US students’ sl.
► OBSCURO weird, strange → 1997 US sl.
► ODDBALL strange, weird → 1940s US sl.
► OFF crazy; eccentric; abnormal; weird → 1866 US sl.
► OFFBEAT adj. unusual, unconventional, strange; weird; out of the ordinary → 1925 US sl., orig. jazz
► OUT TO LUNCH crazy, eccentric, weird → 1953 US students’ sl.
► SCROOGY uncanny, horrid, weird → 1911 Amer. dial.
► SKETCHED ► SKETCHED OUT bad, bizarre, weird → 1980s US students’ sl.
► STRANGIOSO strange; weird → 1970s US sl.
► UNCANNY partaking of a supernatural character; mysterious, weird, uncomfortably strange or unfamiliar → 1843 orig. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► UNCO weird, uncanny; terrible; unlucky → 1828 Sc.
► UNKED ► UNKERD ► UNKID weird, uncanny; insane; ominous of evil; horrid, ghastly, terrible → 1861 Eng. dial.
► WIGGY crazy; weird; strange → 1960s sl.
► WONKY badly done or made; ineffective; weird → 1923 Amer. sl.
► YELLERISH unearthly, ghostly, weird, uncanny; dreadful, ghastly, frightful → 1785 Eng. dial.
► YELLISH unearthly, ghostly, weird, uncanny; dreadful, ghastly, frightful → 1785 Eng. dial.
ADVERBS
► UNCANNILY in an uncomfortably strange manner; weirdly → 1873
NOUNS
► EERISOMENESS uncanniness, the state of being uncanny, weird, or strange → 1897 Sc.
NOUNS – PERSON
► ABB an abnormal person; a weirdo → 1994 surfing sl. (Bk.)
► BIRD an odd or unusual person; a weird person, as a neurotic or psychopath; a homosexual → 1920 US sl.
► DILLY DUDE a person with strange habits; a homosexual; a weird person → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► DORF a stupid or weird person → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► FREAKO a weirdo; a sexual deviant; a habitual drug user → 1963 US sl.
► GACK ► GAK ► GECK an odd, eccentric-looking or weird-looking person → 1576 sl.
► GEEK an awkward, weird-looking man → 1997 Ulster sl. (Bk.)
► GOOK a strange or weird person → 1993
► GOONER a strange or weird person → 1993
► KOOK an odd person; a weirdo → M20 US sl.
► SKETCHY an odd or weird person → 2000 UK sl.
► TWINK a weird or deviant person, esp. a homosexual; a social outcast → 1963 US sl.
► TWINKIE ► TWINKY a weird or deviant person, esp. a homosexual; a social outcast → 1963 US sl.
► WEIRDO a weird person → 1955 US sl.
► WINGNUT a weird or insane person → 1980s sl.
► ZOMBIE a weird and frightening person; a weird or bizarre looking person; a person exhibiting eccentric behaviour; a character→ c1940 Amer. students’ sl.