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birdbrain

American  
[burd-breyn] / ˈbɜrdˌbreɪn /

noun

Slang.
  1. a stupid, foolish, or scatterbrained person.


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Etymology

Origin of birdbrain

First recorded in 1920–25; bird + brain

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Maybe calling someone a birdbrain shouldn’t be the insult we assume.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

McCarthy may have a reputation, intellectually, as something of a birdbrain.

From Slate Jun. 28, 2023

To be fair, it's entirely possible that, at one point, Musk wasn't a total birdbrain.

From Salon Nov. 1, 2022

I believe it was an industry blogger who called me a birdbrain.

From The Guardian Nov. 4, 2017

Calling someone a birdbrain meant there wasn’t much going on upstairs.

From National Geographic

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