Recently there was some discussion on the origins of
"shitbird". I was re-reading The Killer Inside Me yesterday
when I chanced on this passage, Lou Ford telling Dr. John
Smith how it is:
"But you don't have me confused. You wouldn't know how to
begin. You wouldn't know shit from wild honey, so go back and
sign your report that way. Sign it shitbird. And you'd better
add a footnote to the effect that the next son-of-a-bitch
they send out here is going to get kicked so hard he'll be
wearing his asshole for a collar."
So there you go - 1952, Jim Thompson. Anyone go
earlier?
And if the above passage doesn't make you want to go and read
The Killer Inside Me (again), well I don't know...
Charlie Williams.
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