Jailbird

Informally, a jailbird is a person in jail. Usually, they're habitual criminals or an individual who has been in and out of jail many times.
It’s time for this (jail)bird to fly the coop.

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Word of the Day: Jailbird

Informally, a person who is in jail is a jailbird.

Usually, they’re habitual criminals who have been in and out of jail many times.

Calling someone a jailbird is not a very nice thing to do.

It’s a sort of insult, but it is not a four-letter word or an offensive word.

Please do not misunderstand the picture that accompanies this post.

The bird has not done anything wrong and is not in jail.

I don’t want to give you the wrong impression of this handsome bird.

This bird, you see, is a victim of circumstance; he just happened to be a bird behind bars, and that, in a roundabout way, fit the definition of today’s word.

Consider it a little bit of English teacher humour.

If you would like to see some real jailbirds, please click here.


This post is understandable by someone with at least a 7th-grade education (age 12).  

On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 77.  

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