weirdie slang.
(ˈwɪədɪ)
Also weirdy.
[f. weird a. + -ie.]
1. An odd or unconventional person; one who is considered ‘weird’; spec. applied to any young man with long hair and a beard. Freq. in pl.
| 1894 A. S. Robertson Provost o' Glendookie 101 ‘He's awa without his curran' loaf.’ ‘He's a weerdie.’ 1949 W. R. Burnett Asphalt Jungle (1950) ii. 19 Cobby..thought to himself: ‘He's a weirdy, all right.’ 1954 ‘P. Quentin’ Wife of Ronald Sheldon vii. 57 God, is that one a weirdie!.. There was a cobweb in her hair. 1959 Listener 3 Dec. 975/1 The weirdies that Kerouac seems always to meet wandering and muttering in the small hours. 1960, 1961 [see beardie 2]. 1962 Punch 14 Feb. 268/2 One [bedsitter]..advertiser..added ‘No Weirdies either’. 1966 Daily Tel. 17 Nov. 18/8 There was not an unwashed bearded weirdie in sight! 1974 K. Millett Flying (1975) i. 94 I'm not a friend, just the visiting weirdie. |
2. Something that is ‘weird’, fantastic, bizarre, or grotesque. Freq. applied to a film, book, etc.
| 1948 Astounding Sci. Fiction Jan. 15 The Cosmos had one of its feature writers compose a weirdie about a world consisting of beings of pure mind. 1962 Listener 14 June 1043/3 The Lake Lovers is a weirdie. 1968 Blues Unlimited Nov. 25 Country Jim is a weirdie. 1969 R. Petrie Despatch of Dove i. 26 No mistake, it was a weirdy of a day. |