[1950–55; whirl + -y1 + bird]This word is first recorded in the period 1950–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Common Market, bleep, point spread, point-of-sale, wiretap-y is a native English suffix of adjectives meaning “characterized by or inclined to”the substance or action of the word or stem to which the suffix is attached. Otherwords that use the affix -y include: dreamy, grouchy, juicy, rumbly