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Word: weird (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...wearing shorts]. I'm going to hold on as long as I can. It's going to have to get a lot colder for me to change," says determined Denham, who wore pants only once last year--to his high school graduation. "When my legs are covered, it feels weird," he says. Denham's roommate Dalidor E. Snyder `02 admits he is worried about his friend's overexposure. "Being his roommate, I'm afraid he's going to catch a cold. I'm the next closest thing he has to a mother and I wouldn't want him to catch...

Author: By Vicky C. Hallett, | Title: Naked Knees | 11/19/1998 | See Source »

Zzzzzzzarrrrrrrzzzzzzarrrrr! The soul-rock singer Seal is mixing himself a weird-looking drink. It's a pale-green health-food shake that's not entirely dissimilar in color and consistency to what one imagines might be found growing on the side of a transatlantic ocean liner. ZZZZZarrrrr! The sound of the electric blender mixing this concoction fills Seal's roomy Manhattan hotel suite, making conversation impossible. He adds a few vitamins to the sludge. ZZZZZZZarrrrr! Finally, the shake is done. It has the quality of primordial ooze; you half expect creatures part fish, part mammal to crawl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Sealed with a Kiss | 11/16/1998 | See Source »

...deck in making the static utopia of Pleasantville seem not only narrow but also inane and empty--certainly not in the least desirable, even when contrasted with the more unattractive features of the '90s in the opening sequence. Pleasantville is moreover, when one comes down to it, a very weird and potentially unsettling world of doubtful reality. Perhaps as a consequence, the movie is guilty of certain logical gaps and inconsistencies; for instance, how do the Pleasantvillers know what colors are when they begin to appear...

Author: By Lynn Y. Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Color My World Nostalgic With 'Pleasantville' | 11/13/1998 | See Source »

crackbaby: (n.) (1) an uncool, freakish or weird person. (2) a premed. "Fell that crackbaby to stop spazzing over Orgo...

Author: By Terry E-E Chang, | Title: Speakin' in tongues | 11/12/1998 | See Source »

...basically wearing the same outfit," Jeanne said. She joked that "maybe we should plan to both wear green the following day." The next day, they bumped into each other again. In his green attire, Brian eagerly hinted to Jeanne at their emerging inside joke. Jeanne thought it was totally weird for this guy to be color-coordinating his outfit around her. Jeanne said, "Brian, I didn't want you to think I was so literal." But Brian explained, "Well, I didn't want you to think I was a joke...

Author: By Jennifer Y. Hyman, | Title: You're the One That I Want | 11/12/1998 | See Source »

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