December 19, 2007
birkie
(n.)

a lively, smart, assertive person

Pronunciation:
BURR-kee

In a sentence:
Rudolph was a birkie and a ladies’ man; he was also a psychopathic misanthrope who would one day be featured on A&E’s City Confidential.

In a different sentence:
A birkie with a bit too much confidence, Laura was put in her place during graduation when her classmates were too drunk and rowdy to pay any attention to her valedictory address, which she had titled, “My Life, Your Life—But Mostly: My Life.”

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