This week's theme: expressions coined after the names of birds. catbird seat (KAT-burd seet) noun
A position of power and advantage. [A catbird (named after its catlike call) is known to build a pile of rocks to attract a mate and sit on the highest point around. This expression was often used by Brooklyn Dodgers baseball commentator Red Barber and further popularized by the author James Thurber in his story "The Catbird Seat" where a character often utters trite phrases, including the expression "sitting in the catbird seat".] -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "So, Stillking Films seems perched in the catbird seat. 'Things are going very well for us at the moment,' David Minkowski says." Steffen Silvis; Stillking is Still King; The Prague Post (Czech Republic); Apr 5, 2007. Sponsored by: Always find the right word with the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?ad=aw&code=mx0 Namix, providing smart naming solutions for products, services, and businesses: http://namix.com ............................................................................ An epoch will come when people disclaim kinship with us as we disclaim kinship with the monkeys. -Kahlil Gibran, mystic, poet, and artist (1883-1931) Looking for word/quotation archives: http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html Unsubscribe, change address, etc: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/catbird_seat.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/catbird_seat.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/catbird_seat.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
