Freak
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| # A [[sudden]] causeless [[change]] or turn of the [[mind]]; a [[whim]] of [[fancy]]; a [[capricious]] [[prank]]; a [[vagary]] or [[caprice]]. | # A [[sudden]] causeless [[change]] or turn of the [[mind]]; a [[whim]] of [[fancy]]; a [[capricious]] [[prank]]; a [[vagary]] or [[caprice]]. | ||
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- A sudden causeless change or turn of the mind; a whim of fancy; a capricious prank; a vagary or caprice.
- An oddball, especially in physiology; unique in a displeasing way.
- A person who has an obsession or extreme knowledge of a something.
- A very sexually perverse individual, usually used affectionately or in another good willed context.
In current usage, the word freak is used to refer a person with an unusual personality. The older usage, referring to the physically deformed, such as would be seen in a sideshow, has nowadays generally has fallen into disuse.
The word is still used when referring to mutations in plants and animals, but most often for humans. However, many people enjoy referring to themselves as freaks. It is from this kind of embracing of the term that the so-called freak scene developed in the 1960s and 1970s.
See also
- Freaks, the film
- Freak scene
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