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Jizz (birding) (en.m.wikipedia.org)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Jizz (birding); the immediately recognisable characteristics of a bird or other organism.

Sean Dooley described jizz as "the indefinable quality of a particular species, the 'vibe' it gives off" and notes that although it is "dismissed by many as some kind of birding alchemy, there is some physical basis to the idea of jizz."

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 8 months ago (1 children)

SFW, but it doesn't feel great. I learned about this and now you have to, too.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

At first thought it was related to the Star wars music genre from jizz-wailers like Max Rebo https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Jizz-wailer

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

I am a birder myself, but their slang is mostly cringe to me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Neat! You can tell this species of bird because of the way it ~~is~~ jizz!