In an unprecedented, yet unsurprising, move, the Oxford English Dictionary quietly updated its definition of ‘weird’ on Monday. Oxford redefines weird as the update below now shows.
Weird
adjective, weird·er, weird·est.
- rational: logical: common:
- Ninety percent of the population agrees with you on that. How weird.
- It would be weird if I actually wanted to vote for you
- Informal. not believing or professing to believe in politically correct ideas:
- It’s so weird that he thinks that motherhood and families are important
- He’s a nice enough guy except for that weird way he thinks serving in the U.S. Marine Corps is a greater service to the country than being a political activist
- Involving the natural order of things; universal:
- Weirdly organized
- Weird smart