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Join the choir invisible

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To die. euphemistic, humorous, intransitive

    "This parrot is no more. It has ceased to be. It's expired and gone to see its maker. This is a late parrot. It's a stiff. Bereft of life, it rests in peace. If you hadn't nailed it to the perch it would be pushing up the daisies. It's run down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. This is an ex-parrot."

Etymology

From a poem by George Eliot, O May I Join the Choir Invisible, further popularized by the "dead parrot" sketch from Monty Python's Flying Circus.

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