[Ads-l] Antedating of "weirdo" (n. and adj.)

[Steven Losie]

Weirdo (adj., OED3, 1962)

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The speakers could be defined as the Weirdo type—"weird and wonderful[...]
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Source: The Molong Express and Western District Advertiser (Molong, NSW,
Australia), 25 Sep 1942, p.6, col.2 (newspapers.com)
Article title: Patriotic Football Match
https://www.newspapers.com/image/946173989/?terms=weirdo

Weirdo (n., OED3, 1955)

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Brando said Tallulah Bankhead—with whom he performed in "An Eagle Has Two
Heads"—considered him a "weird-o."
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Source: Los Angeles Daily News, 19 May 1950, p.35, col.2 (newspapers.com)
Author: Earl Wilson
https://www.newspapers.com/image/689555547/?terms=weirdo

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Suppose you heard this: "Get the weirdo over there with the revolving
eyeballs. He's a seppo."

[..]

"Weirdo" is a weird fellow[...]
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Source: Courier-Post (Camden, NJ), 14 March 1951, p.21, col.3 (ProQuest)
Article title: It Happened Last Night
Author: Earl Wilson

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