We are likely to hear a lot more about “weird” during the Democratic National Convention that kicks off in Chicago today to run from 19 - 22 August.

The word “weird” has become a rallying call for Democrats in their campaign against the Trump-Vance ticket for the Republican Party in this November's presidential election, a phenomenon that began in late July when the Democrat’s vice presidential candidate Tim Walz used the word “weird” to describe what he sees as the ultra-conservative agenda of the former president and his running mate JD Vance.