Quirk or Quirks is having unconventional beliefs or manner, for example mispronouncing,

in-jokes An in-joke, also known as an inside joke or a private joke, is a joke with humour that is understandable only to members of an ingroup; that is, people who are ''in'' a particular social group, occupation, or other community of shared interest. I ...

, clumsy and ditsy, and may refer to: * '' The Quirk'', a literary magazine * "Quirks", a song by Ultravox! from the album '' Ha!-Ha!-Ha!'' * 18376 Quirk, an asteroid * Quirk Books, a Pennsylvania-based publishing company *

Quirks mode In computing, quirks mode is an approach used by web browsers to maintain backward compatibility with web pages designed for old web browsers, instead of strictly complying with web standards in standards mode. This behavior has since been codifie ...

, a web browser technique for maintaining backwards compatibility * ''Quirks'' (board game) * Quirks, the superpower system in the anime and manga ''

My Hero Academia is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kōhei Horikoshi. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from July 2014 to August 2024, with its chapters collected in 42 volumes. Set in a wor ...

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* John Quirk (disambiguation) * Billy Quirk (1873–1926), American silent film actor *

Mary Quirk Mary Lilly May Quirk (; 7 December 1880 – 4 March 1952) was an Australian politician. She was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1939 to 1950, winning the seat of Balmain after the death of her husband John Quirk. ...

(1880–1952), Australian politician * Robert E. Quirk (1918–2009), American historian *

Randolph Quirk Charles Randolph Quirk, Baron Quirk (12 July 1920 – 20 December 2017) was a British linguist and politician. He was the Quain Professor of English language and literature at University College London from 1968 to 1981. He sat as a crossbe ...

(1920–2017), British linguist and life peer * Lawrence J. Quirk (1923–2014), American author, reporter, and film historian * Ed Quirk (American football) (1925–1962), American football fullback in the National Football League * John Shirley-Quirk (1931–2014), British bass-baritone singer * Art Quirk (1938–2014), American Major League Baseball player * Bryan Quirk (born 1946), Australian rules footballer * Jamie Quirk (born 1954), American Major League Baseball player *

Margaret Quirk Margaret Mary Quirk (born 26 June 1957) is an Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2025. She served as a minister in the governments of Geoff Gallop and Alan Carpenter ...

(born 1957), Minister for Corrective Services for the Australian Labor Party * Wendy Quirk (born 1959), Canadian Olympic swimmer * Les Quirk (born 1965), British Rugby League player * Brian Quirk (born 1968), Democratic member of the Iowa House of Representatives *

Moira Quirk Moira Quirk is a British actress and comedian. As an audiobook narrator, she has won four Audie Awards. Personal life and education Quirk received an honours degree in English and Drama from Westfield College, University of London and Central S ...

(born 1968), English actress, voice actress, comedian and referee of ''Nickelodeon GUTS'' * Daniel Quirk (1982–2005), American professional wrestler *

Graham Quirk Graham Michael Quirk (born c. 1958) is a former Australian politician who served as the 16th Lord Mayor of Brisbane. From 2008 until 2011, he was Deputy Lord Mayor under Campbell Newman, succeeding the latter when Newman stepped down to prepare ...

(b. 1958), Australian politician * Jim Quirk (born 1940s), American football official in the National Football League * Sharon Quirk-Silva (born 1962), American politician * David Quirk (born 1981), Australian comedian and actor *

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Cool (aesthetic) Coolness, or being cool, is the aesthetic quality of something (such as Attitude (psychology), attitude, behavior, appearance, or Aesthetics, style) being compatible with admirable social norms of society or a group of people. Because of the va ...

Eccentricity (behavior) Eccentricity (also called quirkiness) is an unusual or odd behavior on the part of an individual. This behavior would typically be perceived as unusual or unnecessary, without being demonstrably maladaptive. Eccentricity is contrasted with n ...

Goofball comedy Stupidity is a lack of intelligence, understanding, reason, or wit, an inability to learn. It may be innate, assumed or reactive. The word ''stupid'' comes from the Latin word ''stupere''. Fool (stock character), Stupid characters are often use ...

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