Me: “You’re weird.”
Jackson: “Weird means oddly fantastic.”
Me: “It does?”
Jackson: “We looked it up in my class.”
Me: “So I can’t call you weird?”
Jackson: “No, Mom. Grammar. People are weirdos.”
And he says he hates school.
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You’re weird works. Weird is an adjective. Weirdo is a noun. As in you are a weirdo. Kids.
I know, but I just loved how he said it with so much authority. We actually had this exchange two years ago, I just found it in my drafts folder today. I believe he’s clearer on his parts of speech now that he’s almost up to my chin, but I will ask just to make sure.
Sorry, my arguementative reflex is too easily tripped
“You’re oddly fantastic!” I’m trying that one out tomorrow.
I just looked up “weird” and “weirdo” in the dictionary thanks to your post. In retrospect, that seems kind of silly. Was I afraid that I was using it wrong? Possibly. I think maybe I’m just sleepy.
My dictionary doesn’t tell me that I’m oddly fantastic, only bizarre or uncanny.
I demand a new dictionary.