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Long before it meant "strange," weird was a heavy-hitting noun. Derived from the Old English word wyrd , it originally meant or destiny . It referred to the supernatural power that predetermined the course of a person’s life.

The shift from "destiny" to "uncanny" is largely blamed on William Shakespeare. In Macbeth , he introduced the "Weird Sisters," three witches who could foresee the future. Because these characters were portrayed as bizarre and frightening in later theater productions, the word gradually evolved to describe anything creepy or abnormal. A World of Wonderful Oddities Long before it meant "strange," weird was a

Embracing the Wyrd: Why "Weird" Is Your Superpower We use the word "weird" every day to describe everything from a strange dream to a coworker’s obsession with collecting antique thimbles. But beneath its modern surface as a synonym for "odd," the word has a history that is—honestly—pretty weird itself. The Witchy Roots of "Weird" The shift from "destiny" to "uncanny" is largely