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Bird Wirds: Adjectives

A list of 957 words by reesetee.

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Adjectives used in actual (non-taxonomic) bird names, past and present.

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  • palooka commented on the list bird-wirds-adjectives

    Great idea for a list! I liked "flammulated".

    January 27, 2007

  • reesetee commented on the list bird-wirds-adjectives

    Thanks, palooka--that's one of my favorites, too, along with ferruginous.

    January 27, 2007

  • chained_bear commented on the list bird-wirds-adjectives

    Oh, these are so swell. I wish we could use them in regular conversation that isn't about birds.

    "Hey Bill, how was the party last night?"

    "Oh, it was totally ferruginous. We all got roseate and ended up photocopying our fulvouses. How was dinner with the guys?"

    "Dude, it was neotropic. We hooked up with these chicks afterwards? One of them was cerulean, and the other was kinda palmated. I ended up with the plumbeous."

    "Yeah?"

    "Yeah, she was sweet. All you do is buy her a couple of pomarines on the rocks and she's all yours."

    "Sweet."

    February 2, 2007

  • rocksinmypockets commented on the list bird-wirds-adjectives

    This list makes a particularly nice cloud.

    October 15, 2007

  • reesetee commented on the list bird-wirds-adjectives

    Oooh, you're right! Thanks for pointing that out, rocks. I'd never tried that option on this page.

    October 15, 2007

  • john commented on the list bird-wirds-adjectives

    Little known fact: Wordie was almost called 'Wirdee.'

    Anyone want to start another word site? I still own wirdee.com ;-)

    October 27, 2007

  • uselessness commented on the list bird-wirds-adjectives

    That explains it! I remember a while back when somebody (reesetee, I think) noticed that the text on the home page said Wirdee, and assumed it was some April Fools joke or something. Shortly thereafter it seemed to correct itself, and we never did get closure... ;-)

    Edit: I just looked up the word page for Wirdee and it seems I was wise to things even back then!

    October 27, 2007

  • reesetee commented on the list bird-wirds-adjectives

    HaHA! So THAT's it! You're right, uselessness. I remember wondering what that was all about. Must have been Trickster John all along. And you did list wirdee 6 months ago, according to the time stamp.

    Love it....

    October 28, 2007

  • seanahan commented on the list bird-wirds-adjectives

    We should start a Wordie fan site on wirdee where we tell meta-jokes about the meta-conversations that we meta-have on Wordie.

    Or, we could use it as a testbed to test out new Wordie features that aren't quite ready for prime time.

    October 28, 2007

  • bilby commented on the list bird-wirds-adjectives

    Furtive? Whahaha :->

    October 30, 2008

  • reesetee commented on the list bird-wirds-adjectives

    Yes, the Furtive Flycatcher. Secretive little critter. :-)

    October 30, 2008

  • vanishedone commented on the list bird-wirds-adjectives

    It seems the wirdie.com registration has been allowed to lapse.

    November 22, 2008

  • hernesheir commented on the list bird-wirds-adjectives

    Taeniopygia bichenovii - double-barred finch.

    October 2, 2009

  • reesetee commented on the list bird-wirds-adjectives

    Thanks, h!

    October 2, 2009

  • marky commented on the list bird-wirds-adjectives

    cool list!

    July 9, 2011

  • ruzuzu commented on the list bird-wirds-adjectives

    I'm sure I've mentioned this somewhere before, but I once tried to play "throated" for a bingo in Scrabble, and my fellow players didn't believe it was a real word. My feathers are still ruffled.

    Also, chained_bear's earlier comment is totally ferruginous.

    October 20, 2015