Wordie: Bird Wirds: Nicknames: Comments

Comment by she, 20 days ago

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:37:22 +0000

Ooh, oh: poë's another I came across recently.

Comment by reesetee, about 1 month ago

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:03:04 +0000

Thanks, mollusque! Good ones. :-)

Comment by mollusque, about 1 month ago

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:43:32 +0000

And coalgoose?

Comment by mollusque, about 1 month ago

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:40:58 +0000

How about cargoose?

Comment by reesetee, 8 months ago

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:00:18 +0000

Thanks, M--added, though why anyone needed to improve on bobolink is beyond me. ;-)

Comment by mollusque, 8 months ago

Sat, 29 Dec 2007 02:11:29 +0000

Will do. How about meadowwink?

Comment by reesetee, 8 months ago

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:37:21 +0000

Thanks, mollusque! Keep them coming. :-) By the way, I already listed hoot-amaganzy (with hyphen). One of my new favorites to say aloud. Repeatedly.

Comment by mollusque, 8 months ago

Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:40:35 +0000

Two more nicknames for woodcocks: hookumpake (American Midland) in MW3 and beccaccia (Italian) in OED2. I think they refer to different species. Also hootamaganzy for hooded merganser in MW3.

Comment by reesetee, 8 months ago

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:14:44 +0000

Good grief, mollusque--what a glaring omission! And it's one of my favorite birds! Added to the U.S. list. Thanks for pointing that out. (I do like "timberdoodle," though.)

Comment by mollusque, 8 months ago

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:03:32 +0000

Woodcock isn't on a bird wird list. You prefer timberdoodle and bogsucker?

Comment by reesetee, 8 months ago

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:51:19 +0000

Fair enough! Added. :-)

Comment by mollusque, 8 months ago

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:35:39 +0000

Yes, reesetee, but your description of the list included obsolete names.

Comment by reesetee, 8 months ago

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:35:12 +0000

Wasn't that a species classification, though, mollusque, rather than a nickname?

Comment by mollusque, 8 months ago

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:18:06 +0000

How about onocrotal or onocrotalus, obsolete words for pelican.

Comment by reesetee, 8 months ago

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:11:53 +0000

Okay, now that is a much better name: Niblicks, Timberdoodles, and Fewmets. How do we turn that into a URL?

Comment by bilby, 8 months ago

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:47:05 +0000

Deep in my heart, I knew that niblicks, timberdoodles and fewmets would confound the revolution. All is lost.

Comment by reesetee, 8 months ago

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:29:34 +0000

Er, uh...maybe we should stick with Wordie.

Comment by bilby, 8 months ago

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:12:49 +0000

A new triad AND a new name for the site: Sportie, Birdie & Shittie.

Comment by reesetee, 8 months ago

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:07:00 +0000

Well, there is a preponderance of excrement-related lists, too....

Comment by uselessness, 8 months ago

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:19:16 +0000

Somehow I knew my lists, none of which include birds or sports, were useless. Carry on.

Comment by chained_bear, 8 months ago

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:29:19 +0000

Well, dammit, we can't have nice things!

Comment by bilby, 8 months ago

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:36:53 +0000

Birdie and Sportie then. We can get rid of all this other rubbish.

Comment by reesetee, 8 months ago

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:24:34 +0000

Or perhaps Sportie??

Comment by bilby, 8 months ago

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:47:59 +0000

Can we change the name of the whole site to Birdie? ;-)

Comment by reesetee, 8 months ago

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:48:20 +0000

Yep, they're all bona fide. Most of them come directly from old ornithology publications. :-) Amazing, no?

Note, though, that it's not "jerk-or-perk bird" but "jerk-or perk-bird." I couldn't tell you why. But if you're familiar with any of the calls or songs of some of these birds, the goofy nicknames start to make a little more sense.

Comment by sionnach, 8 months ago

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:31:03 +0000

r-t: You swear these are all boney-fidey? There are so many, it makes my head spin. And the porn star nickname hypothesis does have a certain ring of plausibility....

jerk-or-perk bird???? tee-hee. :)

Comment by bilby, 8 months ago

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:49:54 +0000

"You think I'm a porn star? You bet!" crowed the timberdoodle cockily.

Comment by reesetee, 8 months ago

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:35:03 +0000

I was very much expecting that remark. :-) I daresay birding was a bit more entertaining back in the day.

Comment by bilby, 8 months ago

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:25:33 +0000

You sure these aren't porn star nicknames?

Comment by reesetee, 8 months ago

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:18:19 +0000

Haha! Trivet, is your family really as hilarious as you describe it? :-)

Thanks, O--still working on it. Chime in with suggestions!

Comment by trivet, 8 months ago

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:04:38 +0000

Does it count that my family calls all jays Gus and all Canada geese Rupert?

Comment by oroboros, 8 months ago

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:57:22 +0000

HEY!! Great list, Reesetee!