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talkin parrot

a) a person who obliterates people with his/her words
b) a smooth talkin or loquacious person.
c) a person with the ability to talk someone to death
Man 1: He's such a talkin parrot.
Man 2: I agree, he killed me with his words.
by maymay and ally January 30, 2010
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Talking Parrot Phenomenon

The sudden inexplicable inability to demonstrate an action to an audience specifically summoned to view said action.

This phenomenon receives its name from the premise of a pet "talking" parrot who is suddenly silent when guests are invited to see it "talk." "I swear!," says the owner, "He says all kinds of stuff! He says 'hello', he says our names! Really! I don't know why he won't do it now...." while the guests nod and say, "Suuure, he talks. We totally believe you."
EXAMPLE:

You "Every time I try to load this page I get a weird error message. I restarted and everything. Come in here and look at this."

IT Employee: "OK, show me what it's doing."

You: Repeat action that has resulted in a error 17 times in a row. Page now loads no problem. "I swear, it was giving me an error every single time before you were standing here. Talking Parrot Phenomenon, right there."

IT Employee: Gives you skeptical eye.
by Death & Taxes April 10, 2013
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talking like a parrot

He/she was repeating everything they heard very annoyingly for no reason, he was -TALKING LIKE A PARROT-
Can you stop talking like a parrotand keep it to yourself
by Your face 206 August 16, 2016
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