Okay, who else has got a bird in the oven right now?

originally posted by Kay Bixler:
Really? "Bird in the oven" is salacious?

Jonathan Loesberg, is this true?

I've heard of "bun in the oven" for being pregnant. I'm not sure even that's salacious, though, precisely. And of course "bird" has numbers of meanings. But I'm unaware of any salacious meaning for "bird in the oven." This of course doesn't prove the claim to be false. English teachers are always the last to know.
 
I think the logic is as follows: (1) "bird" often signifies a finger gesture, (2) "bun in the oven" signifies pregnancies, (3) with a little imagination, a "bird" in the "oven" could mean...
 
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