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- noun birdwatching One of any number of small,
nondescript ,sparrow -likebird species that are very hard to tell apart.
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reesetee commented on the word little brown job
Also "LBJ." A "generic term for a bird or a group of birds that birders either can’t--or won’t--identify. One of the most perfectly descriptive of all birding terms . . . an 'LBJ' is just that: a 'little brown job,' or any small, brown, unremarkable bird that you either see well and can’t identify, see poorly and can’t identify, or see but have more to do with your life than worry about the identification of every small brown bird that crosses your path."
--from the 10000birds blog
December 4, 2007
bilby commented on the word little brown job
Despite not having a list for it, this is one of my favourite words (and citations) on Wordie.
November 13, 2008