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It is a portmanteau meaning "weird" and "scary".

Used to describe a feeling that arises when someone is so weirded out by an interaction with a person or a thing that they become terrified. It means the same thing as "scared" but it has the connotation that the fear was caused by an excessive of weird behaviour that in other circumstances or lesser amounts might be construed as benign and non-threatening.

It is especially useful when describing a feeling caused by a situation when someone thinks they're acting normal but is oblivious to the fact they're making other people confused and uncomfortable, to the point they are terrified and afraid for their own safety.

It was initially coined as a short hand to discuss several experiences transgender POC had when interacting with white cisgender strangers out in public who would strike up conversations only to go back and fourth between trying to act friendly and polite while simultaneously being invasive and even downright hostile at random intervals for no discernible reason. It is also useful word for any woman who takes public transit alone through any major urban area after 9pm on a weeknight to use to describe a number of the men who approach her on the bus.

Pronunciation : Virtually similar to "seared" (which is fitting because you might walk away from being on the receiving end of such an experience with your brain feeling a bit seared on the edges from being both baffled and scared at the same time).

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