a Deep South term from the 1960s and before which means approximately: fool, bastard, jerk, jackass, silly twit, silly billy, doofus, goofball, goof-off, layabout, delinquent, lazy bum, gadabout, joker, popinjay, etc. This word is almost always meant as an affectionate insult among friends, and doesn't carry much wallop. Cf. huckleberry and jackleg.
"You had all day long to mow the lawn and put on some clean clothes, son, and you haven't done a thing. You're such a jaybird." (said with a smile)
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An ex-con, arrested for drunk driving and crashing ones car into a bush or tree. His first name should be Jay. In ference to the word jailbird, jaybird is such the same.
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