English

Noun

shitbird ‎(plural shitbirds)

1. (slang, vulgar, derogatory, military) An objectionable, despicable person.
   • 1979, Gustav Hasford, The short-timers (page 10)

     Only shitbirds try to avoid work, only shitbirds try to skate. Marines are clean, not skuzzy. I teach Leonard to value his rifle as he values his life. I teach him that blood makes the grass grow.

   • 2009, Jason Christopher Hartley, Just Another Soldier: A Year on the Ground in Iraq

     The blond prick and his two shitbirds were never far away, but they eventually gave up and walked back to the barracks.