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bird
noun- a young woman; a sweetheart UK, 1838
First used in C14; not considered a slang term until C19 when it also meant “a prostitute” (obsolete by 1920). Primarily a British term, but briefly popular in the US in the late 1960s. - My bird’s gone bent. — Frank Norman, Bang To Rights, p. 58, 1958
- The ratio is about ten guys to every bird. [Letter to Ann Landers] — San Francisco Examiner, p. 36, 12 December 1968
- This is the same bloke that I’ve seen headbutt someone for looking at his bird’s drink[.] — Dave Courtney, Raving Lunacy, p. 73, 2000
- the vagina US, 1963
- — J. E. Lighter, Historical Dictionary of American Slang, Volume 1, p. 163, 1994
- an ordinary fellow US, 1839
Also known as an “old bird”. - This is an inside job, pulled by one of the company or some bird working for them. — Chester Gould, Dick Tracy Meets the Night Crawler, p. 28, 1945
- You birds say that knowledge is power–yet all your knowledge turns into impotence when you want it used for human harmony and peace. — Philip Wylie, Opus 21, p. 58, 1949
- We pay my bird five because he isn’t doing this for love. — Derek Bickerton, Payrool, p. 15, 1959
- the penis US
- — John D. Bell et al., Loosely Speaking, p. Addenda, 1969
- “Bird”–the male organ. Used in jovial greeting, as in “How’s your bird?” — Washington Post, p. B1, 17 January 1985
- a homosexual man US
- The muggers and the sluggers who in recent years have made it unsafe for almost anyone to walk the public streets late at night, learned about the Birds long ago. — Robert Sylvester, No Cover Charge, p. 268, 1956
- a 25-cent piece US
- — Vincent J. Monteleone, Criminal Slang, p. 23, 1949
- a surfer who uses any bird or wings as his surfboard logo US
- — Michael V. Anderson, The Bad, Rad, Not to Forget Way Cool Beach and Surf Discriptionary, p. 3, 1988
- a police informer CANADA
From the sense of STOOL PIGEONSING - According to prison lore, only birds (i.e., stool pigeons) whistle. — Suroosh Alvi et al., The Vice Guide, p. 224, 2002
- a certainty AUSTRALIA, 1941
A shortening of DEAD BIRD- Follow me to the three if you want to make a bird of it. — Wilda Moxham, The Apprentice, p. 66, 1969
- I play it all up in the second; / And when it came to the third, / They told me the filly by Show-Down, / Was the next best thing to a bird. — Roy Higgins and Tom Prior, The Jockey Who Laughed, p. 41, 1982
- in horse racing, a horse that as seen as likely to win a race AUSTRALIA
- — Ned Wallish, The Truth Dictionary of Racing Slang, p. 7, 1989
- a twenty-five cent betting token US, 1974
- — Thomas L. Clark, The Dictionary of Gambling and Gaming, p. 19, 1987
- a gesture of the middle finger, meaning “fuck you” US
- It was Red’s way of giving him the bird. — Ross Russell, The Sound, p. 177, 1961
- — Frank Prewitt and Francis Schaeffer, Vacaville Vocabulary, 1961–1962
- — Collin Baker et al., College Undergraduate Slang Study Conducted at Brown University, p. 79, 1968
- He got up the juice to give me a feeble middle-finger farewell, and when the bird was in midair I stepped on his heart and pushed down[.] — James Ellroy, Hollywood Nocturnes, p. 141, 1994
- an amphetamine tablet US
- — Jay Robert Nash, Dictionary of Crime, p. 29, 1992
- — Peter Johnson, Dictionary of Street Alcohol and Drug Terms, p. 19, 1993
- a kilogram of cocaine US
- “In the past two or three years around here, a brick, kilo of coke–1,000 grams of the drug, they’d call a ‘bird,’” Hagedorn said. — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, p. 1B, 9 February 2002
- Wild Turkey whisky US
- “I’ve never seen anybody that loved that ol’ Bird as much as Jim Ed. When he buys a bottle, he just throws the cap away.” — Ken Weaver, Texas Crude, p. 64, 1984
- We just chillin’ out, drinking a little Bird, that’s all. You want a taste? — Odie Hawkins, Great Lawd Buddha, p. 11, 1990
- an aeroplane US, 1918
- Turn this crazy bird around / I shouldn’t have got on this flight tonight. — Joni Mitchell, This Flight Tonight, 1971
- He assists Brooks in establishing unit-to-bird contact. — John M. Del Vecchio, The 13th Valley, p. 632, 1982
- a helicopter US, 2001
- “Unless the friendlies have their ass in a crack, no raget is worth a man or a bird.” — Elaine Shepard, The Doom Pussy, p. 51, 1967
- A total of eight birds (helicopters) could make a pick-up simultaneously. — Kenneth Mertel, Year of the Horse, p. 66, 1968
- Seven birds appeared from behind the resupply tent. — William Pelfrey, The Big V, p. 23, 1972
- But we got special permission tonight for this big shot, ’cause we had to land the bird in the middle of the street[.] — Stephen J. Cannell, The Tin Collectors, p. 239, 2001
- a Ford Thunderbird car US
- — Lanie Dills, The Official CB Slanguage Language Dictionary, p. 17, 1976
- a Pontiac Firebird car US
- — Porter Bibb, CB Bible, p. 88, 1976
▷ see:BIRDLIME
▶ out of your bird
insane UK- Dennis [Hopper] was out of his bird, totally gone. — quoted in Uncut, May 2001
▶ the bird- negative criticism UK, 1884
Originally theatrical; now usually phrased “get the bird” or “give the bird”. - a vocal demonstration of complete disapproval UK
- — Wilfred Granville, The Theater Dictionary, p. 19, 1952
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