Talk:birl

Made up meaning
"Birl = boy-girl" is a made-up meaning that's not recognized in any real dictionaries (urbandictionary.com doesn't count). Stop removing the real meaning of birl (to rotate a log by treading on it) with this made-up non-word.

"birl" meaning boy-girl does not meet the criteria laid out |here

Attestation
 * “Attested” means verified through
 * Clearly widespread use,
 * Usage in a well-known work,
 * Appearance in a refereed academic journal, or
 * Usage in permanently recorded media, conveying meaning, in at least three independent instances spanning at least a year.

A quick Google search shows that "birl" meaning boy-girl does not meet any of the above criteria for attestation. Please do not add that meaning, much less delete the widely accepted meaning (to spin, or to cause a log to spin by treading on it) again. 173.33.237.5 23:13, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia Edit History
* (cur) (last) 19:15, 27 March 2006 128.100.52.90 [rollback] [proxycheck] * (cur) (last) 10:01, 12 March 2006 SteinbDJ (Added stub tag) * (cur) (last) 10:10, 29 January 2006 Ilagleti

From w:Talk:Birl:

The word Birl means a few things:

BIRL v. To revolve a log in the water while standing on it.

...for instance

--jenlight 13:48, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

birl (bagpiping)
In bagpiping, a birl is a type of grace note movement that quickly switches between low-A and low-G a couple times, producing a low rippling sound. Reference: http://www.mcnabbs.org/andrew/comments/pipemusic/ (among others) Darin McGrew 08:17, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Birl = push?
From The Auld Man and the Churnstaff Sometimes she rose to the surface and tried to catch the brim, But the aul'd man wi' the churnstaff, he birled her farther in. Rich Farmbrough, 22:29, 17 September 2022 (UTC).