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plural shitbirds
- derogatoryslangvulgargovernmentAn objectionable, despicable person.
'Cause you do not get to win, shitbird. We do!
2004 September 19, David Simon, “Time After Time” (11:43 from the start), in The Wire, season 3, episode 1 (television production), spoken by Ellis Carver (Seth Gilliam), via HBO2 more examples
Marines work hard. Only shitbirds try to avoid work, only shitbirds try to skate. Marines are clean, not skuzzy. I teach Leonard to value his rifle as he values his life. I teach him that blood makes the grass grow.
1979, Gustav Hasford, “The Spirit of the Bayonet”, in The Short-Timers, archived from the original on 31 Jan 2011The blond prick and his two shitbirds were never far away, but they eventually gave up and walked back to the barracks.
2009, Jason Christopher Hartley, Just Another Soldier: A Year on the Ground in Iraq
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shitbird. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shitbird
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