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chicken oriental

chicken oriental adjective: mental, crazy, insane.

Adjective

chicken oriental

  1. (Cockney, slang) Mental, crazy, insane.
    • Gave up and moved back home. Since then house prices have gone chicken oriental so the likelihood of me moving into my own place is very small.2003 November 24, Beer Monster, “Re: just curious.........”, in alt.culture.ukc.misc (Usenet)
    • Tom shivered. This sounded like a comment of the sort that might first alert a husband to his wife’s rankling insanity. ‘Our new family?’ he echoed. ¶ ‘Yes. Don’t look worried – I haven’t gone chicken oriental. I made a simple, practical decision.[…]’2008, Sophie Hannah, The Fantastic Book of Everybody's Secrets: Short Stories, London: Sort of Books, →ISBN, page 59

Synonyms of chicken oriental

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Questions about chicken oriental

What does chicken oriental mean?
Chicken oriental means mental, crazy, insane.
What part of speech is chicken oriental?
Chicken oriental is an adjective.

Words near chicken oriental in the dictionary

  1. chicken of the woods
  2. chicken on a throne
  3. chicken or egg
  4. chicken or egg question
  5. chicken or egg questions
  6. chicken oriental
  7. chicken out
  8. chicken paw
  9. chicken paws
  10. chicken pest
  11. chicken pill

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