{"id":1688,"date":"2022-01-15T12:45:52","date_gmt":"2022-01-15T12:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1688"},"modified":"2022-01-15T13:11:14","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T13:11:14","slug":"adventures-in-etymology-bizarre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1688","title":{"rendered":"Adventures in Etymology &#8211; Bizarre"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Adventures in Etymology &amp;#8211; Bizarre\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-01-15T12:45:52+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Today we\u2019re looking into the strange and unusual origins of the word bizarre.\n\n\n\nBizarre [b\u026a\u02c8z\u0251\u02d0\/b\u0259\u02c8z\u0251\u0279] means:\n\n \tmarkedly unusual in appearance, style, or general character and often involving incongruous or unexpected elements\n \toutrageously or wh...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/bizarre.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1287\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1688-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/bizarre.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/bizarre.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/bizarre.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/bizarre.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=1688-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/bizarre.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"bizarre.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Today we\u2019re looking into the strange and unusual origins of the word <strong>bizarre<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wapster\/2665025821\/in\/photolist-54uXk4-dhz1NL-2mdnq4e-5Akyv8-5ApQCw-5ABeev-3EQceM-65dxMk-24mDuWF-GuGY3y-2jtKF9U-FhYbWa-2i97tDA-2fPrtff-Nyk2YB-qRQH9p-P5Gxr-GUXE34-2jzJAuo-2mja6tW-Ksmaro-29CTP8U-5edEmH-2muaMJR-KEp6zz-318d5a-KkwwDs-scmsZ-Gn1NJJ-2kdmRad-KdCpRS-Vb7uUU-GcnC99-9kWA6-QPpnKq-o3dEgU-ReDXTb-Kr48gd-4AdNjC-WKHe5v-7oge1u-2mJdkgm-mx4fE-wPavB6-8rNpnp-C1y8j-79FLpB-gUHyqH-WHWKbW-J9ZS29\" title=\"Bizarre!\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3153\/2665025821_4a9001f480_z.jpg\" alt=\"Bizarre!\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bizarre<\/strong> [b\u026a\u02c8z\u0251\u02d0\/b\u0259\u02c8z\u0251\u0279] means:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>markedly unusual in appearance, style, or general character and often involving incongruous or unexpected elements<\/li>\n<li>outrageously or whimsically strange<\/li>\n<li>odd<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It comes from the French <em>bizarre<\/em> [bi.za\u0281] (odd, peculiar, bizarre), either from the Basque <em>bizar<\/em> [bis\u033bar] (beard), or from the Italian <em>bizzarro<\/em> [bid\u02c8d\u0361zar.ro] (odd, queer, eccentric, bizarre, weird, frisky), possibly from <em>bizza<\/em> (tantrum), from the German <em>bei\u00dfen<\/em> [\u02c8ba\u026a\u032fs\u0259n] (to bite) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/bizarre#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>In French backslang (Verlan), <strong>bizarre<\/strong> becomes <strong>zarbi<\/strong> [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.le-dictionnaire.com\/definition\/zarbi\">source<\/a>] and features in the expression <strong>On est tous un peu zarbi(tes)<\/strong> (We\u2019re all a little freaky), or as they as in northern England, <strong>There\u2019s nowt so queer as folk<\/strong> [<a href=\"https:\/\/context.reverso.net\/translation\/english-french\/There%27s+nowt+so+queer+as+folk\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VKbgwxdQDgw\">video<\/a> I made of this information:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VKbgwxdQDgw\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Video made with <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/37vAg5P\">Doodly<\/a> &#8211; an easy-to-use animated video creator [affiliate link].<\/p>\n<p>I also write about words, etymology, and other language-related topics, on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/\">Omniglot Blog<\/a>, and I explore etymological connections between Celtic languages on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/\">Celtiadur<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can also listen to this podcast on: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/radio-omniglot\/id1432641094\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/8b1b1d1b-b39e-4277-b28d-479a3b5043b3\/radio-omniglot\">Amazon Music<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/radio-omniglot\">Stitcher<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Education-Podcasts\/Radio-Omniglot-p1154145\/\">TuneIn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.podchaser.com\/podcasts\/radio-omniglot-716327\">Podchaser<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/player.fm\/series\/radio-omniglot\">PlayerFM<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/podtail.com\/da\/podcast\/radio-omniglot\/\">podtail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to support this podcast, you can make a donation via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/uk\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_flow&amp;SESSION=aLjPfXL-vP_1gQ_U23Iz8_hSWLlhzLHPMFZrt32dIEfG8htoNFLYaPoWkv8&amp;dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8def8934b92a630e40b7fef61ab7e9fe63\">PayPal<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/omniglot\">Patreon<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/donations.htm\">contribute to Omniglot in other ways<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/create.blubrry.com\/resources\/podcast-media-hosting\/?code=omniglot\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/banners\/banner_blubrry.png\" alt=\"Blubrry podcast hosting\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Adventures in Etymology &amp;#8211; Bizarre\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-01-15T12:45:52+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Today we\u2019re looking into the strange and unusual origins of the word bizarre.\n\n\n\nBizarre [b\u026a\u02c8z\u0251\u02d0\/b\u0259\u02c8z\u0251\u0279] means:\n\n \tmarkedly unusual in appearance, style, or general character and often involving incongruous or unexpected elements\n \toutrageously or wh...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/bizarre.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1288\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1688-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/bizarre.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/bizarre.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/bizarre.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/bizarre.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=1688-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/bizarre.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"bizarre.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Today we\u2019re looking into the strange and unusual origins of the word bizarre. Bizarre [b\u026a\u02c8z\u0251\u02d0\/b\u0259\u02c8z\u0251\u0279] means: markedly unusual in appearance, style, or general character and often involving incongruous or unexpected elements outrageously or whimsically strange odd It comes from the French bizarre [bi.za\u0281] (odd, peculiar, bizarre), either from the Basque bizar [bis\u033bar] (beard), or from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,89,20,56,23,24,4,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures-in-etymology","category-basque-euskera","category-english","category-etymology","category-french","category-german","category-language","category-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1688"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1692,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1688\/revisions\/1692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}