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as in bizarre
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion
the cat was acting pretty bizarro this morning, and I'm worried about him
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as in strange
excitingly or mysteriously unusual
a bizarro comedy that earned a cult following
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Recent Examples of bizarro
Some of these actors are taking on meaty, episode-shifting roles, and others are just playing bizarro versions of themselves in a cheeky cameo.
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 6 July 2024
There’s a really great opportunity, narratively, to have an almost bizarro version of that Sonic origin story.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 17 Dec. 2024
Of course, this somehow managed to just further inflame the growing culture war in the dairy aisle, as raw milk has steadily become a bizarro totem for a coalition that spans the conservative to the crunchy.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2024
Servais was fired a week later, taking the fall for an offense that has struggled against almost everyone this season, including the Tigers’ bizarro bullpen.
—Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 26 Aug. 2024
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Continue reading … 'THIS IS SO CRAZY' – DOGE reveals bizarre findings of unemployment insurance claims.—
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Weezer has not canceled its plans to perform at Coachella this Saturday (April 12) after the wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner sustained non-life-threatening injuries during a bizarre run-in with Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers that ended in a dramatic shootout.—
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Republicans should also get over their strange allergy to cutting the capital gains tax.—
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Based on the wildly popular video game, the fantasy comedy film (now in theaters) is a deeply strange fever dream that also gets a few genuine laughs.—
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There’s a weird, unexplained detail where the doctors sometimes wear white lab coats over their scrubs, then take them off to do procedures, and then put them back on.—
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Mush balls are a weird weather phenomenon on Jupiter that astronomers first pieced together (also from Juno data) a few years ago.—
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Sports events, issues with your kids and romantic matters also might surprise you.—
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There's something romantic about the sight of flowers languidly cascading over the sides of pots.—
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Everyone was so nervous to tell Mike what our number was, which was so funny.—
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Welcome to My Blue Sky is twice as great — totally brash, always loud, always effusive, and usually funny even when their lives are falling apart, which is constantly.—
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Throughout the video, recurring images of exotic flowers interrupt long stretches of darkness.—
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The driver of the exotic sports car fled the scene and is still outstanding.—
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Cannes has been known to pull off the odd spectacular stunt too.—
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There are extravagant rock concerts, evil giant babies, fiery demons, and of course, the odd robot as well.—
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However, another feature of the young child’s chemical analysis was peculiar.—
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Freshman forward Zenaida Esquivel felt a peculiar mix of joy and relief after scoring her first career goal for Bloom.—
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“Bizarro.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bizarro. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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