Anybody talk bird slang, and can help Jerry?
Peter
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>From: jerryd at rain.org (Jerry Dunn)
>Newsgroups: rec.birds
>Subject: BIRD-WATCHERS SLANG wanted by author
>Date: Wed, 05 Apr 1995 12:49:34 -0800
>
>Hello -- I'm looking for colorful or funny slang used by bird-watchers and
>bird lovers. It's for my book (Simon & Schuster, Fall 1995) on the lingo
>of different subgroups in America -- waitresses, mobsters, Disney
>animators, surfers, car salesmen, police officers, Frisbee players, and
>more.
>
> Examples: Bowlers call a gutterball a "poodle." Funeral directors call
>a simple cremation a "shake-and-bake." A waitress who9s way behind says
>"I'm in the weeds." An animator's gag in which a character jumps up and
>spins his feet in the air before running away is a "Yogi run," after Yogi
>Bear. To game show staffers a "Bambi" is a contestant who freezes in
>front of the camera like a deer caught in a car's headlights." To tabloid
>writers, a "Hey, Martha" is a story that will be talked about across the
>country, as in "Hey, Martha, did you see the story about Elvis and the
>alien in the Enquirer?"
>
> What slang words do YOU use to talk about bird-watching, types of
>bird-watchers, birds, equipment, etc., etc.? (It helps show the proper
>usage if you can give a sample sentence, too.)
>
> PLEASE e-mail them to me. My address is jerryd at rain.org.
>
> I'll be happy to credit you by name in the book. I'll also post a
>summary of all your newsgroup's slang. With many thanks! -- Jerry
>
>--
>Jerry Dunn
>jerryd at rain.org