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English
Etymology
From bird + brain, implying that birds, having small brains, are unintelligent (although this is untrue for many birds).
Pronunciation
Noun
birdbrain (plural birdbrains)
- (colloquial) Someone who is not intelligent.
That birdbrain just drove right through three rows of traffic cones and into the bushes.
1950 February 27, Time, page 38: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...”
Translations
someone who is not intelligent