libbi
**libbi** /*'lib-bee*/, usually pluralized as **libbies**
1. little brown bird. Birders use libbi to denote the many species of little brown birds that are difficult to distinguish from one another. Often used endearingly ("So many libbies at the feeder today!") or in frustration ("I can't tell one libbi from another in this fog.") Etymology: contraction of the phrase "**li**ttle **b**rown **bi**rd".
2. a novice birder, usually overly enthusiastic and prone to misidentifying birds, especially libbies (sense 1).
1. little brown bird. Birders use libbi to denote the many species of little brown birds that are difficult to distinguish from one another. Often used endearingly ("So many libbies at the feeder today!") or in frustration ("I can't tell one libbi from another in this fog.") Etymology: contraction of the phrase "**li**ttle **b**rown **bi**rd".
2. a novice birder, usually overly enthusiastic and prone to misidentifying birds, especially libbies (sense 1).
"So many libbies at the feeder today!"
"I can't tell one libbi from another in this fog."
"Our newest Audubon member is such a libbi that he imagines every house sparrow is a rare find."
"I can't tell one libbi from another in this fog."
"Our newest Audubon member is such a libbi that he imagines every house sparrow is a rare find."
libbi by Richard.J.Barbalace January 27, 2021
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