bird brain

bird·brain

[burd-breyn]
noun Slang.
a stupid, foolish, or scatterbrained person.

Origin:
1920–25; bird + brain

bird·brained, bird-brained, adjective
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birdbrain definition


  1. n.
    a stupid-acting person. : I'm such a birdbrain. I forgot my driver's license, officer.
  2. mod.
    and birdbrained. stupid. : Look, you birdbrained idiot, you are dead wrong!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Bird brain is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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