“Weird” is one of the finest, and interestingly the most relevant words in the world. Not only is it deep cutting and nuanced, but it displays a rather stupendous phonetic performance. W-ee-irdd.

 Weird should be inducted into the official words hall of fame. 

The word “weird” has been gaining some traction in the past few weeks. First when Vice President nominee Tim Walz called Trump and his team weird. This didn’t go down well and started a blow to blow war between our two Presidential candidates. It became quite the entertaining feud. 

Because we can’t have nice things in life, Anne Coulter got involved. As tasteful as ever, she decided it was a good idea to call Walz’s nonverbal son with a learning disability, WEIRD.

Someone always has to take it too far, and ruin the good time for everyone, so now the war is over, they have lowered their circumscribed vocabulary, and have put the word “weird” away. 

Now that the political meaning is in the toilet, we can appreciate it for its full potential. 

Weird is just a fantastic word to use in all sorts of settings, so today we’ll discuss the definitive, top 10 weird things (in no particular order.). 

1. People who eat pizza with knives and forks (grow up, eat with your hands.)
2. Computers asking me to tip them for taking my order (it’s not happening AI, I’m way ahead of you bud.)
3. The Duolingo owl popping up on my phone every 15 minutes for no reason (I haven’t opened the app for at least 6 months.)
4. Pet birthday parties (No.)
5. People who wear sunglasses at prom/homecoming. (It’s nighttime man.)
6. Continuing on the theme of the last one, groups of guys that attend in matching outfits. (The cheerleaders look different.)
7. People who claim to enjoy lettuce, and they are a “salad person” (Please be honest.)
8. People that feel passionately about pineapple being on pizza, either way. (It doesn’t matter.) 
9. Milk that advertises itself as gluten-free. (… why wouldn’t it be)
10. Bedlington Terriers. (They’re just weird, it’s like having a pet sheep.)

Weird is not only a great adjective, but its phonetic prowess doesn’t let down the team. It rolls off the tongue in a gorgeous way, and it sounds like what it means, but it’s not quite an onomatopoeia. Wuh-eeir-d. In honor of this fantastic phenomenon, here is the definitive top 10 words that are NOT onomatopoeias, but should be:

1. Weird
2. Phlegm
3. Scrape
4. Wiggle
5. Twinkle
6. Harrumph
7. Brouhaha 
8. Fudge
9. Bubonic
10. Flibbertigibbet 

Now that the word has been returned to the safe hands of the general public, we can go back to appreciating it for its true purpose, fun.