Bird terms I will slowly incorporate into daily life instead of the usual words and idioms🧵an updating thread:

Bird terms I will slowly incorporate into daily life instead of the usual words and idioms🧵an updating thread:

a classic: everybody --> everybirdy

wondeful ---> wondergull

this is pissing me off ---> ruffling my feathers

going off the grid --> going to the egrets

sleeping with the fishes --> where the dipper fishes

i feel great ---> im flying high

im trans --> i've cracked the egg

this is bull shit --> this is bird shit

this guy is annoying him --> its like a black bird to a hawk Based on common behaviour of red winged black birds dive bombing hawks to get them to leave

im fucked --> im clucked

im drinking --> i'm waxing my wings Based on fruit-eating birds often eating fermented fruits and exhibiting drunk behaviour. Using cedar wax wings for this cause they're goated. Feel free to supplement your local alcoholic bird for this idiom.

its peak --> its beak!

jamie!! 🐢💫@jammmatello · Aug 30, 2026

@faintchirp

it's lovely ---> it's dovely

duolo@alovelypear · Aug 30, 2026

@faintchirp very dovely selection of words

agreed --> agrebe

⛧ 𓄿 ⛧@F4GG0TCR0W · Aug 30, 2026

@faintchirp may i contribute: agreed ---> agrebe

bitch and moan --> gripe and grouse

🔻chuck 🐦‍⬛@carduelism · Aug 30, 2026

@faintchirp Been using gripe and grouse as an alt for btch and moan. Grouse🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

feeling fearful --> feeling chicken

i feel alone --> like a loon on a lake

they won --> the victoria earns their crown based off the queen victoria pigeon but also works for queen Victoria (the person) far more likely to get people using this one also a pun on victor

im gathering xyz (slowly and with effort) --> I'm gleaning an actual term + based on the foraging strategy of many birds picking food with their beaks

ruin@nemilacria · Aug 30, 2026

@faintchirp “gleaning” which isn’t too uncommon anyways

since this is popular let me get you guys on my gif: true (gif) --> chickadee true (gif)

Boon@faintchirp · May 29, 2026

EVERYONE LOOK UP CHICKADEE TRUE ON GIFS NOW

im posting --> im tweeting get twitter back and birdpilled

﹕ ꒰ა sage ֹ ₊@angelic_pigeon · Aug 30, 2026

@faintchirp an obvious classic: i'm posting --> i'm tweeting

im sleeping --> im roosting

im helpless and i live with my parents --> im altricial

don't judge a book by it's cover --> don't judge an ostrich by it's wings

i'm passionate about this and you cant drag me out --> cant get this swift out of the sky Based on chimney swifts never stopping their flight. They will eat, sleep, poop, and live in the sky entirely (unless for nesting and mating)!

waiting for the hype to die so i can get into it OR waiting for xyz to be in a vulnerable position --> im vulturing / vulching around it

i don't recognize this (something obvious and only slightly changed) --> I'm an albatross to an empty nest Albatrosses cannot recognize their chicks if they're out of their nest! Even if they're only on the ground next to it

kill two birds with one stone --> feed two birds with one scone either or but its good to have an or!

Brooke ☁️🌱@broookerainy · Aug 30, 2026

@faintchirp I saw someone awhile back say “feed two birds with one scone” instead of kill two birds with one stone so I say that now lmao

Don't underestimate it --> the heron still tucks it's throat self explanatory:

It's not noticeable but still there and important --> don't forget the penguin's knees! Penguins actually have knees! They're hidden away in their fluff, and they are still extremely important for their mobility! Yes this means they're technically squatting all the time: