Weird derives from the
Anglo-Saxon
The Anglo-Saxons were a Cultural identity, cultural group who inhabited England in the Early Middle Ages. They traced their origins to settlers who came to Britain from mainland Europe in the 5th century. However, the ethnogenesis of the Anglo- ...
word
Wyrd, meaning fate or destiny. In modern English it has acquired the meaning of “strange or uncanny”. It may also refer to:
Places
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Weird Lake, a lake in Minnesota, U.S.
People
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"Weird Al" Yankovic
Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic ( ; born October 23, 1959) is an American singer, musician, songwriter, record producer, actor and author. He is best known for creating comedy songs that make light of pop culture and often parody specifi ...
(born 1959), American musician and parodist
Art, entertainment, and media
Literature
* ''
Weird US'', a series of travel guides
* ''
The Weird'', a 2012 anthology of weird fiction
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Weird fiction, speculative literature written in the late 19th and early 20th century
Music
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"Weird" (Hanson song), 1998
* "Weird", a song from Hilary Duff's album ''
Hilary Duff''
* ''
Weird!'', a 2020 album by Yungblud
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New Weird America, a subgenre of psychedelic folk music of the mid-late 2000s
Other art, entertainment, and media
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Weird (comics), a fictional DC Comics character
* ''
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story'', a biographical comedy
Other uses
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WEIRD
Weird derives from the Anglo-Saxon word Wyrd, meaning fate or destiny. In modern English it has acquired the meaning of “strange or uncanny”. It may also refer to:
Places
* Weird Lake, a lake in Minnesota, U.S.
People
*"Weird Al" Yankovic (b ...
, an acronym for "Western, educated, industrialized, rich and democratic", cultural identifier of psychology test subjects
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Weird number
In number theory, a weird number is a natural number that is abundant but not semiperfect.
In other words, the sum of the proper divisors (divisors including 1 but not itself) of the number is greater than the number, but no subset of those diviso ...
, a natural number that is abundant but not semiperfect
See also
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Weirdo (disambiguation)
Weirdo may refer to:
* An Eccentricity (behavior), eccentric
* Weirdo (comics), ''Weirdo'' (comics), an alternative comics anthology published by Last Gasp
* Weirdo (song), "Weirdo" (song), a single by the Charlatans UK off their album ''Between 1 ...
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