Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

birds and bees

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English

Syllables: bird-s and bees
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Informal education about sex.

noun

Informal (by analogy) sex itself.

Example Sentences

"We learned about birds and bees back in school."
"I had the birds and bees with your mother."

Etymology

Derived from analogies of pollination and egglaying for sexual intercourse and ovulation respectively.

Inflected Forms

the birds and the bees (alternative)

Phrases

the talk

Frequently Paired Words

the talk

Synonyms

facts of life

Questions

What does birds and bees mean?: Informal education about sex.
Where does birds and bees come from?: Derived from analogies of pollination and egglaying for sexual intercourse and ovulation respectively.

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