Weirdoes

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Individuals who exhibit peculiar behavior or unconventional traits that often diverge from societal norms
2. people who are considered eccentric or odd in their interests or mannerisms
3. those who attract attention due to their unusual thoughts or lifestyles

Etymology: "Weirdoes" is simply the plural of "weirdo," so it carries the same history as its singular. "Weirdo" was formed from "weird" plus the suffix "-o," a clipped ending that marks a person characterized by something. Its first recorded appearance is in the early 1950s in American English. The word has a close relative from across the Atlantic and earlier in time. "Weirdie," meaning an odd or unconventional person, is recorded in 1887 in Scottish English, so the idea of a strange individual was already being labeled this way decades before the American coinage took hold.

Synonyms: eccentrics, oddities, freaks, misfits, outsiders

Antonyms: normals, conformists, regulars, traditionals, mainstream