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 whose humour 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. It i ...

, clumsy and ditsy, and may refer to: * ''

The Quirk ''The Quirk'' was a for-charity literary magazine which publishes work from poets and artists across the world. It printed work from a wide array of writers, including W.D. Snodgrass, Yusef Komunyakaa, Robert Bly, Naomi Shihab Nye, Alberto Rios ...

'', a literary magazine * "Quirks", a song by Ultravox! from the album ''

Ha!-Ha!-Ha! ''Ha!-Ha!-Ha!'' is the second album by British pop group Ultravox, at that time known as "Ultravox!", with an exclamation mark, as a nod to Neu!. Although the group would later achieve fame and commercial success with lead singer Midge Ure the ...

'' * 18376 Quirk, an asteroid *

Quirk Books Quirk Books is an American independent book publisher based in Philadelphia. History Before 2002, Quirk Books was a creative studio that would pitch novel ideas to other publishers. Quirk Books was founded as a publishing company in 2002 by Da ...

, a Pennsylvania-based publishing company *

Quirks mode In computing, quirks mode is a technique used by some web browsers for the sake of maintaining backward compatibility with web pages designed for old web browsers instead of strictly complying with W3C and IETF standards in standards mode. This be ...

, 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 superhero manga series written and illustrated by Kōhei Horikoshi. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since July 2014, with its chapters additionally collected into ...

People with the surname

* John Quirk (disambiguation) *

Billy Quirk Billy Quirk (born William Andrew Quirk; March 27, 1873April 20, 1926) was an American stage and silent-film actor. He performed in more than 180 films between 1909 and 1924. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, he died in Los Angeles, California. G ...

(1873–1926), American silent film actor *

Mary Quirk Mary Lily May Quirk (7 December 1880 – 4 March 1952) was an Australian politician. Born in Coonamble, New South Wales, Coonamble in New South Wales to farmer Julius Deal and his wife Emma Margaretta White, she was educated at Rozelle, Ne ...

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

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

(1920–2017), British linguist and life peer *

Lawrence J. Quirk Lawrence J. Quirk (September 9, 1923 – October 17, 2014) was an American writer, Hollywood reporter and film historian. Career Lawrence J. Quirk was born in 1923 at Lynn, Massachusetts. He was the nephew of James R. Quirk, former edito ...

(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 John Stanton Shirley-Quirk CBE (28 August 19317 April 2014) was an English bass-baritone. A member of the English Opera Group during 1964–76, he gave premiere performances of several operatic and vocal works by Benjamin Britten, recording these ...

(1931–2014), British bass-baritone singer * Art Quirk (1938–2014), American Major League Baseball player *

Bryan Quirk Bryan Quirk (born 26 December 1946) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. He was recruited from Morwell Football Club in the then Latrobe Valley Football League. He was Collingwood fan as a child. Quirk m ...

(born 1946), Australian rules footballer *

Jamie Quirk James Patrick Quirk (; born October 22, 1954) is an American former professional baseball player and coach. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball from 1975 to 1992. Quirk was a member of the world champion 1985 Kansas City Royals team. ...

(born 1954), American Major League Baseball player *

Margaret Quirk Margaret Mary Quirk (born 26 June 1957) is an Australian politician who has been a Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch), Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly of Western Australia ...

(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 Brian J. Quirk (born July 11, 1968) is a former Democratic member of the Iowa House of Representatives, representing the 30th District from 2001 to 2003, and the 15th District from 2003-2012. He received his AA from North Area Community College ...

(born 1968), Democratic member of the Iowa House of Representatives *

Moira Quirk Moira Shannon Quirk (born October 30, 1968 in Rutland, England) is an English actress and comedian. As an audiobook narrator, she has won four Audie Awards. Personal life and education Quirk was born on October 30, 1968 in Rutland, England ...

(born 1968), English actress, voice actress, comedian and referee of ''Nickelodeon GUTS'' *

Daniel Quirk Daniel Michael Quirk (July 19, 1982 – May 28, 2005) was an American professional wrestler, known by his ring name Spider, who competed in several Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic independent promotions including Assault Championship Wrestling, Chi ...

(1982–2005), American professional wrestler *

Graham Quirk Graham 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 became the Premier of Queenslan ...

(b. 1958), Australian politician *

Jim Quirk Jim Quirk Sr. (born July 27, 1940) was an American football official in the National Football League (NFL) from the 1988 NFL season to the 2008 NFL season. Quirk, who wore uniform number 5, was notable for his hustle between plays on the football ...

(born 1940s), American football official in the National Football League *

Sharon Quirk-Silva Sharon Quirk-Silva (born September 17, 1962) is an American politician and educator serving as a member of the California State Assembly, representing the 65th Assembly District, which includes portions of northern Orange County, including La ...

(born 1962), American politician *

David Quirk David Quirk (born 15 February 1981) is an actor and stand-up comedian based in Melbourne, Australia. Career Quirk has been performing stand-up comedy since 2002. In 2006, he was a state finalist in Triple J’s ‘Raw Comedy’ competition, a ...

(born 1981), Australian comedian and actor *

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Cool (aesthetic) Coolness is an aesthetic of attitude, behavior, comportment, appearance, and style that is generally admired. Because of the varied and changing interpretation of what is considered "cool," as well as its subjective nature, the word has no sing ...

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 Maladaptation, maladaptive. Eccentricity is contr ...

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

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