Amuse-bouche:

“What if humans are just birds with their heads on backward?” – Anonymous Source

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Today’s Wonderful Word: “inauspicious.”

Definition: showing or suggesting that future success is unlikely.

Etymology: The term “inauspicious” is related to the Latin word for “divination from flight of birds,” or “birdwatching.”

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“What do you want to be when you grow up?”

“An inauspicious bird seer.”

Auspicious comes from Latin auspex, which literally means “bird seer” (from the words avis, meaning “bird,” and specere, meaning “to look at”). In ancient Rome, these “bird seers” were priests, or augurs, who studied the flight and feeding patterns of birds, then delivered prophecies based on their observations.

Watch the flight of the birds. You can see the future. The right combination of bird behavior indicates favorable conditions, while wrong patterns spell trouble. In either combination, see the beauty of the flight. Admire the future and its beauty.

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Oh, also, the name Ava means birdlike.

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Answer to Saturday’s riddle:

Sunglasses

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