Wildlife Rehabilitator Slang
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 29, 2014
Slang, code, and abbreviations: linguistic shorthand which can make speakers (and writers) incomprehensible to those outside their own group. Maureen Eiger categorizes any unidentifiable featherless nestlings as “ Tufted Puffins ;” to Letitia Labbie, they’re “Eggs With Legs.”. Hit by car, HBC; caught by cat, CBC; window strike, WS.
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