weirdo

weirdo
/wear"doh/, n., pl. weirdos. Informal.
1. an odd, eccentric, or unconventional person.
2. a psychopath, esp. a dangerous or vicious one; psycho: They caught the weirdo who attacked the children.
[1950-55; WEIRD + -O]

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