Bodenheim slang of the day: Scissorbill

February 20, 2010
Scissorbill: Someone considered contemptible or foolish.

Rones was jocular to salve down the inopportune connivance without discouraging Ruth, but his eyes never departed from Terry--probing, smoothly casual. Wish this old scissorbill would open up. White men who talked freely were easy to handle, big or little. White men who glued their traps were another matter, unless they were shivery or plastered sleepy, and this old duck wasn't either...seemed not.

(From Naked on Roller Skates by Maxwell Bodenheim)