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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.
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
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.
The easier a passage is to read, the higher the score on a scale of 0 – 100.