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The reward for being one stroke less embarrassing than usual.
means A golf score of one stroke under par on a given hole.
from From American golf slang in which something excellent was called 'bird' (as in 'that's a bird of a shot'), a usage tied to early-1900s slang where 'bird' meant anything first-rate. A birdie is the diminutive — a nice little bird of a score — and the name stuck, later spawning 'eagle' and 'albatross' for even better ones, and 'bogey' (unrelated in origin) for worse.
- origin
- from 1899 slang bird meaning excellent
- golf math
- one stroke under par on a hole
- rarity check
- average golfer sees maybe two per round
- bonus term
- eagle is two under, birdie's overachieving cousin