As the discussion in the thread seems to be on form and not
on content, let me add that the word "bird" in US slang is
referring to: "1.Any man, a fellow, a guy
- the most common use". That's how "The Pocket Dictionary of
American Slang
"(Pocket Books-1967) presents it.
But the 60's and 70's with the export of British pop culture
made probably "bird" also accepted as "Young woman" on the
other side of the Atlantic, as it was
(and still is) a very common meaning of the word in British
colloquial. So, in a more recent book: "American Slang"
(1987)- by Robert L. Chapman- for "bird" you will find: " a
person of either sex, usually a man and often elderly".
In other languages, it is very common to find "bird"
(or equivalent words) as a slang word for penis. And … you
were warned, the essay is a feminist work.
I'm not sure the above helps, but at least it 's a kind of
diversion from a week I devoted to obscure French slang of
the early 15th century.
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