weirding
/ˈwɪədɪŋ/ (BrE) | /ˈwɪrdɪŋ/ (AmE)
noun
- The act or process of becoming weird in the world; the intensification of strangeness or uncanniness within a system, culture, or self.
“We are living through an era of global weirding, where the familiar dissolves, and reality tilts, just slightly, off its axis.”
- A perceptual or emotional state in which the world feels subtly altered, dissonant, or unreal.
“She described a moment of weirding, when time felt slippery and meaning collapsed.”
- (Speculative Futures, Cultural Studies) The productive exploration of the strange as a way to rethink norms, expand imaginaries, or reveal hidden systems.
“Weirding is a design method, a way to make the invisible visible through exaggeration, distortion, and play.”
From weird (adj., meaning “uncanny, supernatural, strange”) + -ing (suffix denoting action or process).
weird (v.)
/wɪəd/ (BrE) | /wɪrd/ (AmE)
weirding, present participle
weirded, past tense and past participle
- To make or become strange, uncanny, or disorienting; to shift something familiar into the unfamiliar.
“The world is weirding faster than we can adapt.”
- To perceive or render reality through heightened strangeness; to expose hidden systems by amplifying their oddness.
“Through her art, she weirds the everyday until it reveals its underlying absurdity.”
- (intransitive) To enter a state of weirdness; to sense the fabric of normality bending.
“I weirded in that moment — nothing looked quite real anymore.”