birdbrain
nounUK /ˈbɜː(ɹ)d.bɹeɪn/ · US /ˈbɚd.bɹeɪn/
Etymology From bird + brain, implying that birds, having small brains, are unintelligent (although this is untrue for many birds).
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Colloquial Someone who is not intelligent.
- That birdbrain just drove right through three rows of traffic cones and into the bushes.
- Comedienne Carol Channing, 29, admitted that a grave personal problem had grown out of her playing the role of birdbrained Lorelei Lee in Broadway’s Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. People seemed to be convinced that she is a birdbrain offstage, too: “I won't say that people actually think I’m just two steps removed from outright idiocy, but they do seem to have adopted a protective attitude towards me...”1950 February 27, Time, page 38: