snowbird

Seasonal Florida resident

A snowbird is a person who migrates seasonally to warmer climates, especially retirees who spend winters in Florida, Arizona, or other southern destinations: The snowbirds start arriving in October.

The term also refers to the snow bunting, a small white bird of northern regions.

In drug slang, a snowbird is a cocaine user.

junco

junco

Small North American finch

feeder · backyard · ornithology · birdwatching · passerine · flock · seed · winter · plumage · breeding

retiree

vacation

Leisure time away

RV · condo · resort · retirement · seasonal · migration · south · winter · escape · relocate

migratory

migration

Movement to new territory

  • flywayEstablished bird migration path
  • southwardToward the equator's direction
  • flockAnimals gathered together

overwintering · breeding · nesting · habitat · instinct · navigation · geese · swallows · arctic · tropic

cocaine

cocaine

Addictive stimulant narcotic

line · rock · flake · toot · crack · coke · slang · street · drug

Categories
Opposites
seasonal residency pattern

snowbirdpermanent resident

One who stays indefinitely

local · native · homebody · sunbird · summer people

climate preference

snowbirdski bum

Slopes-obsessed layabout

snow bunny · sunbird · ice fisherman

residential stability

snowbirdyear-rounder

One who stays permanently

permanent resident · lifer · townie · old-timer · settled

Family

snowbirds

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G