bizarro
bizarro adjective: being the opposite or logical inverse of a familiar person, place, or situation. Also the alternative form of bizarre.
Adjective
bizarro (comparative more bizarro, superlative most bizarro)
- Being the opposite or logical inverse of a familiar person, place, or situation.
- 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.2010, Robin Wasserman, Candy Apple #25: Wish You Were Here, Liza, Scholastic Inc., →ISBN, page 23
- This then leads to Elaine's entrance into what Jerry describes as a “Bizarro world,” citing the Superman concept, in which all of the facets of the show as we know it, especially its principle^([sic]) characters, are reproduced in some way backward.2013, Andrew Shaw-Kitch, Structure, Seinfeld, and Play, Lulu.com, →ISBN
- Pertaining to bizarro fiction.
- An incredibly fucked-up parody of B-horror movies with a bizarro slant.2010, Caris O'Malley, The Egg Said Nothing, Caris O'Malley, →ISBN, page 97
Noun
bizarro (countable and uncountable, plural bizarros)
- weirdo, misfit
- 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.1997, Harold Schechter, The Manly Movie Guide, Boulevard, →ISBN
- Showgirl breasts and round hips that swayed to a sultry beat when she walked and drew heartbreakers and bizarros from the four corners of the earth.2008, Cindy Gerard, Whisper No Lies, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 1
- Bizarro fiction.
- Bizarro is literature's equivalent to the cult section at the video store.2006, Carlton Mellick, Jeremy Robert Johnson, The Bizarro Starter Kit: An Introduction to the Bizarro Genre, →ISBN
- Bizarro isn't really a new genre. Just a new term.2006, Gina Ranalli, Chemical Gardens, →ISBN
Also used as
bizarro is also the alternative form of bizarre.
Examples of bizarro in a sentence
- Egypt is a Bizarro-Canaan, looking as Canaan might look seen through Alice's looking glass.2010, Gershon Hepner, Legal Friction: Law, Narrative, and Identity Politics in Biblical Israel, Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 618:
- BOOM!, he can't walk, can't talk, he's in a ward at a state institution with thirty retarded bizarros, many of them bizzare^([sic]) […]2009, Martin Drapkin, Now and at the Hour, Dog Ear Publishing, →ISBN, page 1:
Synonyms of bizarro
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Forms of bizarro
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more bizarro |
| superlative | most bizarro |
| Noun | |
| plural | bizarros |
Origin of bizarro
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.
Questions about bizarro
- What does bizarro mean?
- Bizarro means being the opposite or logical inverse of a familiar person, place, or situation.
- How do you use bizarro in a sentence?
- Egypt is a Bizarro-Canaan, looking as Canaan might look seen through Alice's looking glass.
- What part of speech is bizarro?
- Bizarro can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near bizarro in the dictionary
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