weirding

/ˈwɪədɪŋ/ (BrE) | /ˈwɪrdɪŋ/ (AmE)
noun

1. 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.”

1. 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.”

1. (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

1. To make or become strange, uncanny, or disorienting; to shift something familiar into the unfamiliar.

“The world is weirding faster than we can adapt.”

1. 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.”

1. (intransitive) To enter a state of weirdness; to sense the fabric of normality bending.

“I weirded in that moment — nothing looked quite real anymore.”