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weird⋅o

  [weer-doh]
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–noun, plural weird⋅os. Informal.
1. an odd, eccentric, or unconventional person.
2. a psychopath, esp. a dangerous or vicious one; psycho: They caught the weirdo who attacked the children.
Origin:
1950–55; weird + -o
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weird·o   (wîr'dō)   
n.   pl. weird·oes Slang
  1. A person regarded as being very strange or eccentric.
  2. A deranged, potentially dangerous person.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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weirdo 
"strange person," 1955, from weird. Cf. earlier Scot. weirdie (1894).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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