Wordnik.com: More Bird Wirds: North America: Comments

Comment by whichbe, 6 months ago

Sun, 17 May 2009 20:03:42 +0000

Comment by reesetee, over 2 years ago

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 13:06:16 +0000

Thanks, mollusque! I'm sticking to words that aren't nicknames, though. That does give me a good idea, though--a list of bird nicknames (rather than their standard English-language names). Hmm....

Comment by mollusque, over 2 years ago

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:24:37 +0000

How about checkerbelly? Defined as "a white-fronted goose" in MW3.

Comment by reesetee, over 2 years ago

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:03:47 +0000

Thanks, SoG--I'll add those to my list of non-U.S. bird names (Still More Bird Wirds). This one sort of morphed into North American birds by default, though I'm still sorting through them to organize along those lines.

I didn't know about the alternate meaning for drongo, though. Sounds much better than dumbass to me. :-)

Comment by sonofgroucho, over 2 years ago

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:20:04 +0000

How about drongo? This has another meaning (see Urban Dictionary), but it is a bird as well!

Tit is another bird name.

Comment by reesetee, over 2 years ago

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:14:40 +0000

Actually, that *does* sound a lot like the ol' office--except the comments about the redpoll, bushtit, and wrentit. We don't talk like that around here. :->

Comment by reesetee, over 2 years ago

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 08:50:19 +0000

Thanks, palooka. Some of my favorite birds have my favorite words as names. Come to think of it, some of my favorite words are bird names. But I guess that explains this list.

And don't listen to chained_bear. The squarehead.

Comment by chained_bear, over 2 years ago

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 07:38:51 +0000

Why aren't these words in more common usage, is what I wanna know. Imagine how much more fun our cubicle jobs would be.

"Hey, Bishop! Where's the longspur towhee report?"
"Emberizid! What are you doing back, I thought you were on vacation with that hot redpoll?!"
"Which one?"
"Which one? Jeez, you got more than one?"
"Yeah, the bushtit or the wrentit, which one?"
"Man, you are one ani guillemot."
"You don't say. Now where's the toucan report, jackdaw?"
"Well, it isn't done yet."
"It isn't *done*? It's been two months! What kind of shelduck operation are we running here?"
"Hey, it wasn't just me, Bobolink and Waxwing were on the committee!"
"Listen, I don't give one crake of a phalarope *who* else is on the committee. Now let's get Bobwhite, Kittiwake, and Phoebe on this today. And you know who else would be good, Dickcissel."
"OK, OK, just calm down! You're gonna get yourself a swift coot to the limpkin with that attitude."
"Just get on it, OK? I don't want that bufflehead stilt on my case, not on my first day back. Get me, pipit?"
"Yeah, I get you. Welcome back, man."

Comment by palooka, over 2 years ago

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 22:56:22 +0000

What a list! Love tyrannulets, kiskadees and frigatebirds among many others.

Comment by chained_bear, over 2 years ago

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 20:37:21 +0000

This is all reesetee's doing. That squarehead. ;-)