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Florazheng1015 Posted 18 years ago
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a soppy bird on a hen weekend

Unlucky, love. Missing you already. She's been charged with having sex outside marriage, indecent behaviour in public, being drunk in public and assaulting a police officer.


Miss Palmer may have put herself about like a soppy bird on a hen weekend in Magalluf, but she's a 30-year-old woman who held down a responsible job and had lived in Dubai for some time.

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Hi! What does " a soppy bird on a hen weekend" mean? Is it an idiom?Thank you!
  

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soppy -- has a range of meanings, but here probably means something like "silly". bird -- slang term for a woman/girl. hen weekend -- a weekend of partying for a woman who's just about to get married and all her female friends.

  • soppy -- has a range of meanings, but here probably means something like "silly".
  • bird -- slang term for a woman/girl.
  • hen weekend -- a weekend of partying for a woman who's just about to get married and all her female friends.
  • Traditionally the women get very drunk and behave disreputably.
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soppy -- has a range of meanings, but here probably means something like "silly".

bird -- slang term for a woman/girl.

hen weekend -- a weekend of partying for a woman who's just about to get married and all her female friends. Traditionally the women get very drunk and behave disreputably.
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Hello Mr. Wordy,

Thanks for your help again.

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