I use the dictionary a lot for work. (It's often easier to look up how a word is hyphenated than to guess and be wrong.) My eye keeps falling on two adjacent entries, weirdie and weirdo, and it's kind of enchanting. "Weirdie" is not really defined; my dictionary basically just says "see 'weirdo'." "Weirdo" is defined as "a person who is extraordinarily strange or eccentric." Interestingly, the dates given for the first acceptance of these words is 1955 for "weirdo" and 1894 for "weirdie."
Some quick poking around on the web sheds relatively little light. One source says that "weirdie" started off as a British slang, but got supplanted once "weirdo" became well-used in America. Another implied that there's a nuance to "weirdie" that isn't reflected in the terse Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.
Me, I'd probably rather be a weirdie than a weirdo. However, I'm not sure that's something to put on a résumé either way.
Some quick poking around on the web sheds relatively little light. One source says that "weirdie" started off as a British slang, but got supplanted once "weirdo" became well-used in America. Another implied that there's a nuance to "weirdie" that isn't reflected in the terse Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.
Me, I'd probably rather be a weirdie than a weirdo. However, I'm not sure that's something to put on a résumé either way.
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People do that too easily, and way too often.
Hope you enjoy the weekend!
Any plans?
What plans do you have for the weekend? Hope it turns out very nice.
I do need to do some housework.
I ought to work on a story I'm writing.
There's LJ and Bear 411 to chat on.
I'll visit with my mom, and give my cat a lot of attention, too.
It ought to be a quiet weekend.
Enjoy the show tomorrow night!