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When is a bird a ‘birb’? An extremely important guide.

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  1. [5]
    sparkle
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    Audobon should have consulted me on Rule 2. A round birb is properly known as a "borb"! You would think that a world renowned publication could get that right.

    Audobon should have consulted me on Rule 2. A round birb is properly known as a "borb"!

    You would think that a world renowned publication could get that right.

    14 votes
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      DefinitelyNotAFae
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      They mentioned that chunky birbs are borbs. My autocorrect is mad at me.

      They mentioned that chunky birbs are borbs.

      My autocorrect is mad at me.

      All birds are birbs, a chunky bird is a borb, and a fluffed-up bird is a floof. Yet some tension remains: How can all birds be birbs if smallness or cuteness are in the equation? Clearly some birds get more recognition for an innate birbness.

      10 votes
      1. [3]
        sparkle
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        Hah ok I'll concede that mention that I missed. However, the image in rule 2 is clearly a borb! It's simple really - as a birb approaches sphere status, it simultaneously approaches borb totality....

        Hah ok I'll concede that mention that I missed. However, the image in rule 2 is clearly a borb! It's simple really - as a birb approaches sphere status, it simultaneously approaches borb totality.

        However, to the best of my knowledge, no borb has reached totality. The closest is in fact, the oft overlooked aquatic borb - the pufferfish. Although this is more appropriately known as a florb or a blorb.

        4 votes
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          DefinitelyNotAFae
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          If borb is subset of birb, then it's a birb and a borb!

          If borb is subset of birb, then it's a birb and a borb!

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          1. Foreigner
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            All borbs are birbs, but not all birbs are borbs.

            All borbs are birbs, but not all birbs are borbs.

            3 votes