Its definitely possible to abuse good (or neutral) language features to produce intentionally obfuscated or unclear sentences.
The etymology of the word 'weird' here is interesting. I think its rootest-of-roots was actually a verb.
I think language just naturally allows verbification or other shifts when it 'feels' rights, and when there isn't another term that should clearly be used instead.
> The etymology of the word 'weird' here is interesting. I think its rootest-of-roots was actually a verb.
Ooooh, thank you for that rabbit hole/etymology adventure! For any others interested:
weird (adj.)
c. 1400, "having power to control fate, from wierd (n.), from Old English wyrd "fate, chance, fortune; destiny; the Fates," literally "that which comes," from Proto-Germanic wurthiz (source also of Old Saxon wurd, Old High German wurt "fate," Old Norse urðr "fate, one of the three Norns"), from PIE wert- "to turn, to wind," (source also of German werden, Old English weorðan "to become"), from root *wer- (2) "to turn, bend."
[https://www.etymonline.com/word/weird]
