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What does Sick bird mean?
What does Sick bird mean?
I was reading this opinion article and there's a part where the author writes: "I also have nothing against bad puns. If someone ever told me that bad puns were illegal, I would respond, “No, illegal is a sick bird!” ". In this context, what does "sick bird" mean?
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This took me a second to understand. It's a pun, which is a play on words. If you say illegal out loud, it sounds like "ill eagle" which would be a "ill" meaning sick and "eagle" a type of bird.
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