language
I tend to use the word “weird” to describe anything that I find somewhat strange or atypical. Is it raining at an odd time of the year? “Hey, that’s weird!”. Is that apple unusually big? “Wow, that’s weird!”. Is your name something I haven’t heard before? “That’s a weird name!”.
However, it looks like the people I hang out believe that the word has some really negative connotations. I commented to my manager that one of my teammates’ names was “weird” because it’s one I haven’t heard so far, and he burst out laughing.