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May 8, 2007 This week's theme Expressions coined after the names of birds This week's words stormy petrel kibitz clay pigeon jaywalk catbird seat Discuss Feedback RSS/XML A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg kibitz This week's theme: expressions coined after the names of birds. kibitz (KIB-its) verb intr. 1. To look on at some activity and offer unwanted advice or criticism. 2. To chat or banter. [From Yiddish kibitsen, from German kiebitzen (to look on at cards), from Kiebitz (busybody, literally pewit or lapwing, a shorebird with a bad reputation as a meddler).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus. "Bochy and most managers refrain from kibitzing, and they let their pitchers and catchers decide what to throw." Henry Schulman; Homework Pays Off For Giants' Molina; San Francisco Chronicle: Apr 13, 2007. X-Bonus Never eat more than you can lift. -Miss Piggy, a character in the cartoon "The Muppet Show" a puppet show on television

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