What is For The Birds?
1.
something that sucks, or is whack
I hate homework, yo. Homework is for the birds
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2.
Means worthless.
"According to Robert Claiborne in Loose Cannons and Red Herrings, it refers to city streets as they were before cars. "When I was a youngster on the streets of New York, one could both see and smell the emissions of horse-drawn wagons. Since there was no way of controlling these emissions, they, or the undigested oats in them, served to nourish a large population of English sparrows. If you say something's for the birds, you're politely saying it's horseshit."
Calling shitty generic deathcore bands 'progressive death/grind' is for the birds
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Here in Ireland, it's a polite way of saying someone's a little crazy, or living in a dream-world.
It might be cruel to suggest that Michael Jackson is for the birds.
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