Bizarro
adj, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 weirdo, misfit countable, uncountable
"Often described as "the Citizen Kane of dismemberment movies," this cult-movie masterpiece set the standards for the "bizarros-who-turn-their-home-into-a-human-slaughterhouse" horror genre."
- 2 Bizarro fiction. uncountable
"Bizarro is literature's equivalent to the cult section at the video store."
- 1 Alternative form of bizarre. alt-of, alternative, colloquial
""So you found a cow?" Alison mocked his discovery. "That's bizarro, you know.""
- 2 Being the opposite or logical inverse of a familiar person, place, or situation. humorous, informal
"In some alternate, bizarro universe, there was probably a bizarro Kirsten who was totally awesome. Bizarro Kirsten gave bizarro Dillie and bizarro Liza awesome makeovers and awesome advice and let them stay up after hours eating awesome snacks and watching awesome late-night TV."
- 3 Pertaining to bizarro fiction.
"An incredibly fucked-up parody of B-horror movies with a bizarro slant."
Example
More examples"A gaggle of intoxicated youths stopped to ponder whether there is an Opposite Day in Bizarro World."
Etymology
Variant of bizarre, equivalent to bizarre + -o; see that entry for more information. In the sense of “logical inverse”, derived via the comic book character Bizarro, an inverted version of Superman from a planet where “good” means “bad” and so on, and further popularized by "The Bizarro Jerry", a 1996 episode of the sitcom Seinfeld.
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