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Discover LudwigThe phrase "bird brain" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used informally to describe someone as foolish or lacking intelligence.
Example: "After forgetting the meeting time for the third time, she jokingly called herself a bird brain."
Alternatives: "dimwit" or "airhead."
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bird brain
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Alternative form of birdbrain
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I'd like to take that bullhorn away from him and shout in his ear "BIRD FLU DRUGS ARE A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY, MR PRESIDENT BIRD BRAIN BUSH".
Bird Brain brings them together".
Who ya callin' bird brain?
Bird Brain (Vintage) by Guy Kennaway.
Calling someone "bird brain" used to be considered as an insult.
The writer fantasizes about a national revival of interest in Bird Brain.
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Pick up a family Treasure Trail card (along with homemade cake) from the cafe if you want to play wildlife bingo or solve bird brain-teasers en route.
In the mid-'70s, the Baileys sent out a couple of hundred units of "Bird Brain --a chicken that could, with the help of a primitive version of a computer, play ticktacktoe over and over again without losing.
"I decided that, okay, for my graduate training, I'll do some research in the bird brain-the 'lower' form of animals.
And who's the real bird-brain here?
Usually, calling someone a bird-brain is meant as an insult, but an African grey parrot named Griffin is rewriting the rules when it comes to avian intelligence.
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