weirding

Definitions

1. 1

   present participle and gerund of weird

2. 2

   The process of becoming weird.

   • The weirding of English has been an ongoing phenomenon throughout history.
   • The Anthropocene is about global weirding—the weirding of a natural world that can no longer be separated from human interference, but also the weirding of human existence that has become a “geological force,” beyond control and intention.
   • There is no better example of such a phenomenon as the infamous moment when Bob Dylan was proclaimed a ‘judas’ for going electric. Such an invasion might be read as a weirding of dominant culture.

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