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Odd, creepy, or weird which would you rather someone call you if they did?

Asked by Hypocrisy_Central (26879points) March 20th, 2011

In conversations over the years I have heard people referred to a creepy, weird, or odd. They are close in the same family, if you ask me, though they really don’t mean the same thing; I suspect some are worse than others. If you were going to be known or believe to be one which would you rather be, odd, creepy, or weird?

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silenceiswar's avatar

I’d rather be called weird. It’s more of a loving and generalized statement.

shego's avatar

I would rather be called weird, than odd or creepy.

Lightlyseared's avatar

Weird. Definately weird..

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flutherother's avatar

I would prefer odd, but I am in the UK where the nuances may be a bit different.

Fyrius's avatar

No one wants to be creepy. By contrast, odd or weird could be kind of flattering, in an individualist sort of way. Everyone likes to be special in present-day Western culture, and the fact that these words used to have negative connotations in earlier, more conformist times doesn’t bother us much. I remember “bad-ass” used to be an insult too.
I think they’re about equally flattering/insulting. I wouldn’t have a preference for either.

If I can choose any synonym, I’d like to be known as eccentric. It has a bit of a jolly feel to it, perhaps even classy. It’s a respectful way to say someone is off their rocker, that’s funny in itself.
And being known as eccentric would allow me to do all those quirky things I don’t dare to do now because of what people might think.

Cruiser's avatar

I would welcome odd over creepy or weird. “that’s odd” sounds so much more me than “that’s weird” or That’s creepy. I color outside the lines and do odd things just to see and feel what that is like. Sometimes with happy fun results, and sometimes it is a huge mess that is a pain to clean up. Odd is life outside the box for me….a happy experiment every time!

chyna's avatar

Odd sounds a little more endearing than weird and creepy is just, well, creepy.

augustlan's avatar

I know I’m odd, and I’m certain we’re all weird in our own ways. Neither of those bothers me a bit. I’d hate to be thought of as creepy, though!

laineybug's avatar

I would definitely like to be thought of as weird or odd rather than creepy. If I had to chose between odd and weird, it would probably be odd.

marinelife's avatar

Weird, which I have been called.

aprilsimnel's avatar

I’ve been called “odd” and “weird” already in my life. I preferred “odd”.

AmWiser's avatar

I am odd so I’ll just stick with that.
Ooooh! I like that AmOdd. Can I change my Jelly name?XD

Brian1946's avatar

I guess I would prefer odd.

If I look at those words in terms of celebrities, I’d say that Groucho Marx was odd, Joaquin Phoenix has been weird, and Michael Jackson was creepy in some ways.

lucillelucillelucille's avatar

I’ll take wod. XD

nir17's avatar

Odd. Weird implies that you have some sort of trait that is noticably “off” and creepy is self-explanatory.

Aster's avatar

Weird. Strange is great, though. lol

Facade's avatar

I’ve gotten used to “weird,” so I’ll stick with that.

southerncapricorn's avatar

Just call me weird, old and creepy are too negative. But then I have been called worse than any of those choices. It really doesn’t matter what you call me just as long as you call me.

Scooby's avatar

I’d go for odd…...... but in England you most likely just get “funny F****er”! :-/

Adirondackwannabe's avatar

creepy could be a lot of fun messing with others.

TexasDude's avatar

Odd is typically used in the pejorative. Creepy is almost invariably used as such, and has very nasty connotations.

Definitely weird.

Zaku's avatar

I think “odd” seems friendliest and least negative.

“Creepy” says to me that someone is being given the creeps, which isn’t pleasant except on Halloween, so it seems worst.

“Weird” can be neutral, but to me it seems most commonly used to say that something is outside the speaker’s standards of what is “normal” or understandable. I have often heard it said as if there is something wrong with the weird person.

WillWorkForChocolate's avatar

I already admit to being odd. =0) I’d hate to be called “creepy” though, since it makes me think of pedophiles and icky bugs.

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