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Vinony

birb

noun

  1. class of vertebrates
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /bɜːb/ / /bɜɹb/

noun

Etymology: Alteration of bird. Possibly coined by Katie Gouldin on the humorous Twitter account @ProBirdRights in a 2012 tweet, although it did not become widely used until 2014.

  1. A bird, especially a small and cute one.

    “Near-synonyms: birdie, birdlet, birdling”

    “The here-then-gone-then-here-again appearance of the #birb (as Twitter loves to lovingly refer to pretty, pretty birdies) plus the internet’s instant oatmeal obsession with him inspired WIRED’s Paris Martineau to propose a different nickname for the fowl: duckboi”