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[-] Rolder@reddthat.com 8 points 55 minutes ago* (last edited 55 minutes ago)

My interpretation:

Bird: The standard

Birb: Bird being silly

Borb: bird but fat

Blorb: Bird but holy damn he’s even fatter

[-] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 17 minutes ago

Good lord the blorb.

What a well fed pigeon.

Man, I dunno if you've heard,

BUT THE BIRD IS THE WORD

BA BA BA BA BA BA OOH MAH MOW MOW

OOH MOW MAH MOW

WELL DON'T YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE BIRD

WELL EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THE BIRD IS THE WORD

[-] cattywampas@lemmy.world 12 points 2 hours ago
[-] coolman@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago
[-] GandalftheBlack@feddit.org 5 points 2 hours ago

Bouba and blouba

[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 6 points 2 hours ago

I’m really digging BLORB.

[-] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 3 points 51 minutes ago

The eye really sells it

[-] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 16 points 4 hours ago

Are there really herpetologists saying "don't say snek"?

[-] BillyClark@piefed.social 17 points 3 hours ago

That would surprise me, also. But it takes all kinds. Maybe the average ornithologist tends to think that birds are "cute", while the average herpetologist tends to think that reptiles are "cool"? I'm sure that whatever the group as a whole tends to think, there will be many counterexamples.

I was just thinking about chess, and how one of the most famous chess players, Hikaru Nakamura often refers to chess pieces as "juicers", for whatever reason... maybe the shape? Lots of people have nicknames for different pieces, like "ops" for "bishops", etcetera. But then there are some who take themselves entirely seriously, and never joke around.

[-] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

I only know one and he seemed to find it amusing but ultimately didn't really care.

[-] SPRUNT@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago

I was expecting the last frame to say "American Borb".

[-] Lembot_0006@programming.dev 5 points 4 hours ago

O-o-o, so sciency!

this post was submitted on 20 Feb 2026
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