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A snowbird is a person who migrates from the colder northern parts of North America to warmer southern locales, typically during the winter. The southern locales include the Sun Belt and Hawaii in the United States, as well as Mexico and the Caribbean. Snowbirds used to primarily be retired or older, but are increasingly of all ages.
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"Snowbird," as used today,describes Northerners who migrate to Florida for the winter. The term, as used, was coined in 1971, by marketing students at the University of Tampa (Florida). Frank Zedar, a New Yorker, had heard the Anne Murray song of the same name (Snowbird) while serving with the US Army in Viet Nam in 1969.
In honor of Black Twitter's contribution, Stacker compiled a list of 20 slang words it brought to popularity, using the AAVE Glossary, Urban Dictionary, Know Your Meme, and other internet ...
Snowbird Mountain Lodge, an historic hotel property in rural Graham County, North Carolina, United States Snowbird Tectonic Zone (STZ) is a geological structure in the western Canadian Shield UTIAS Snowbird , a human-powered ornithopter built at University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies, Canada
The term four-letter word serves as a euphemism for words that are often considered profane or offensive.. The designation "four-letter" arises from the observation that many (though not all) popular or slang terms related to excretory functions, sexual activity, genitalia, blasphemies, and terms linked to Hell or damnation are incidentally four-character monosyllables.
There’s an old wives’ tale: If it thunders in the winter, it’ll snow in the next week. Well, we’re hearing thunder ...
Here's the meaning behind the lyrics of Taylor Swift and Lana Del Rey's "Snow on the Beach" from the new album, "Midnights."