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gay chicken

gay chicken noun: a game in which two people of the same sex move their lips as close as possible with or without kissing, and the first to pull away loses.

Noun

gay chicken (uncountable)

  1. A game in which two people of the same sex move their lips as close as possible with or without kissing, and the first to pull away loses.
    • The two of you are always all over each other—playing gay chicken and all that shit.2009 June 23, Evangeline Anderson, Str8te Boys, Macon: Samhain Publishing, →ISBN, page 10
    • The entire public, gay and straight viewers alike, seemed to love watching good-looking guys play gay chicken, and they couldn't wait to see how far Mikey Phoenix would take them.2011 June 7, Ryan Field, The Way We Almost Were, Beverly: Ravenous Romance, →ISBN, page 5

Examples of gay chicken in a sentence

  • If you're going to play gay chicken, you'd probably be better off playing it with someone who isn't actually gay.2011 June 7, K. A. Mitchell, Bad Company, Macon: Samhain Publishing, →ISBN, page 18:
  • The games have rules, and the rules absolve the players of personal responsibility. [...] It's the rules of Gay Chicken that lead to one male's kissing another.2025 April, Jay Mechling, “The Sexuality Barrier in Studying Children's Folklore”, in Western Folklore, volume 84, number 2, Western States...

Origin of gay chicken

From gay (“homosexual”) and chicken (“game of dare”).

Questions about gay chicken

What does gay chicken mean?
Gay chicken means a game in which two people of the same sex move their lips as close as possible with or without kissing, and the first to pull away loses.
How do you use gay chicken in a sentence?
If you're going to play gay chicken, you'd probably be better off playing it with someone who isn't actually gay.
What part of speech is gay chicken?
Gay chicken is a noun.

Words near gay chicken in the dictionary

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  6. gay chicken
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