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Remember in the 80s everyone always used to say "Naked as a Jaybird"?
Posted on 5/27/25 at 11:10 am
Posted on 5/27/25 at 11:10 am
Were they talking about a Blue Jay? I never really understood the reference.
Also, why do you think that stopped?
Also, why do you think that stopped?
Posted on 5/27/25 at 11:12 am to OysterPoBoy
quote:public decency laws
Also, why do you think that stopped?
This post was edited on 5/27/25 at 11:13 am
Posted on 5/27/25 at 11:13 am to OysterPoBoy
here's what Google AI says about it:
"The saying "naked as a jaybird" is a colloquial expression meaning "completely naked" or "nude". It's a vivid way of describing someone who is without any clothing. The phrase likely originated in the United States in the mid-1800s, possibly from an earlier version "naked as a fledgling jaybird". The "jaybird" part likely refers to the fact that young birds, including blue jays, hatch with little or no feathers"
"The saying "naked as a jaybird" is a colloquial expression meaning "completely naked" or "nude". It's a vivid way of describing someone who is without any clothing. The phrase likely originated in the United States in the mid-1800s, possibly from an earlier version "naked as a fledgling jaybird". The "jaybird" part likely refers to the fact that young birds, including blue jays, hatch with little or no feathers"
Posted on 5/27/25 at 11:14 am to OysterPoBoy
J-bird is a jailbird…who has to strip to get processed in.
Posted on 5/27/25 at 11:14 am to OysterPoBoy
It’s not “naked” it’s “neckked” when you say this
Posted on 5/27/25 at 11:15 am to sidewalkside
quote:
Also, why do you think that stopped?
public decency laws
Score!

Posted on 5/27/25 at 11:15 am to OysterPoBoy
It’s not “naked” it’s “neckked” when you say this
Posted on 5/27/25 at 11:15 am to OysterPoBoy
No one said that in the 80s.
Posted on 5/27/25 at 11:15 am to TopWaterTiger
quote:
possibly from an earlier version "naked as a fledgling jaybird"
quote:
young birds, including blue jays, hatch with little or no feathers
I didn't know that. I guess that clears up that part. I still don't know why it went out of style. I swear I heard that weekly as a kid.
Posted on 5/27/25 at 11:15 am to OysterPoBoy
apparently the 1880s
congrats on the longevity
congrats on the longevity
Posted on 5/27/25 at 11:16 am to OysterPoBoy
quote:
Remember in the 80s everyone always used to say "Naked as a Jaybird"?
quote:
I swear I heard that weekly as a kid.
Where the heck did YOU grow up?

Posted on 5/27/25 at 11:16 am to South21
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No one said that in the 80s.

Posted on 5/27/25 at 11:19 am to OysterPoBoy
my granddad always called me a jaybird when i was misbehaving
eta always equated that to annoying blue jays that were always pestering other birds and being loud so i never questioned it.

eta always equated that to annoying blue jays that were always pestering other birds and being loud so i never questioned it.


This post was edited on 5/27/25 at 11:21 am
Posted on 5/27/25 at 11:21 am to Mingo Was His NameO
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It’s not “naked” it’s “neckked” when you say this
As the late great Lewis Grizzard put it::
Naked means you don't have any clothes on
Neckked means you don't have any clothes on and you're up to something
Posted on 5/27/25 at 11:24 am to OysterPoBoy
My uncle used to call my cousin J-bird. Now it seems weird.
Posted on 5/27/25 at 11:25 am to OysterPoBoy
It was really more the 1970's.....
Posted on 5/27/25 at 11:27 am to Lonnie Utah
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It was really more the 1970's....
All the olds I know still say this. I still say it
Posted on 5/27/25 at 11:32 am to OysterPoBoy
From 1974, The Streak
“Yeah, I did
I's just standin' over there by the tomatoes, and here he comes
Running through the pole beans
Through the fruits and veggies, naked as a jay bird
Ethel's over at the jams, jelly's and peckels
I hollered over, I said, "Don't look, Ethel!"
She dropped the whole jar”
“Yeah, I did
I's just standin' over there by the tomatoes, and here he comes
Running through the pole beans
Through the fruits and veggies, naked as a jay bird
Ethel's over at the jams, jelly's and peckels
I hollered over, I said, "Don't look, Ethel!"
She dropped the whole jar”
Posted on 5/27/25 at 11:44 am to OysterPoBoy
quote:Raised in New Iberia?
I swear I heard that weekly as a kid.
btw, it's nekkid as in hey Margaret are you nekkiiiid?
Posted on 5/27/25 at 11:44 am to OysterPoBoy
Based on the threads you start, it's clear you have a room temperature IQ.
I can't imagine going thru life being as stupid as you seem.
I hope you didn't procreate.
I can't imagine going thru life being as stupid as you seem.
I hope you didn't procreate.
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