The condition where a group of people sharing a living space each avoid doing a household chore for an extended period because each believes it's someone else's responsibility. The idea is that eventually the situation will reach a critical mass where the guilty party will cave in and do the chore. In practice, the situation can escalate to extreme levels.
> "I'm not going to do the dishes. It's your turn." "Yeah, but 90% of them are from the dinner you made for your girlfriend. I'm not cleaning up your mess." "I'm not playing roommate chicken with you on this. Clean it up!" "I'll die before I clean your mess." "Fuck you!" "Fuck you!"

TheChickenSong C,that'sthewaytobegin, H,isthenextletterin, I,thatisthethird, C,you'vealreadyheard, K,thatol'letter'smyfriend, E,nowwe'renearin'theend, C-H-I-C-K-E-N,ThatisthewaytospellChicken!

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You are a chicken.你是个胆小鬼。 chicken一般是指鸡,也指鸡肉。例如: This chicken is tender.这鸡肉很嫩。 但在俚语中chicken也指胆小鬼`懦夫。第一句You are a chicken就是一句笑别人胆小的话。 chicken在俚语中还可做形容词表示胆小的`懦弱的。例如: They thoug

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The One With Ross抯 Denial -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Seth Kurland Transcribed by: Eric Aasen ---------------------------------------

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Previously on Growing Pains. Maggie: So what happened to your State Teachers College? Mike: I'm not going. Jason: Exactly what's going on mike? Mike: I lied. Jason: You want that same rent. You want the Sever meal deal, then you've got to study some

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Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. This program explores the history and usage of common expressions in American English. Today we talk about a time when half the world is waking from the dark, cold winter months. Spring!

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Larry的妹妹要来找他,所以李华到Larry的公寓去帮他打扫清洁。今天李华会学到两个常用语tomboy和chicken. LH: Larry, 这是我第一次要见到你妹妹。我特别兴奋呢

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aand
acute gangrenous appendicitis
agjobs
alarm bolt lift driver
Anamã, L.
anchimeric
anti consumerism
at weld edge
autonomous sensor
be hard hit by
bioreaction
bioscrubber
bladed wheel
bomber aircraft
breakover device
cargo unloaded
carpometacarpus
carved bones
coal fired boiler
compensate sb for
corrugant
crispt
Dalay Hāyk'
defensive move
dentalneedle
desertify
detailed perpetual inventory records
detick
drag bit
duty free articles
Elizabeth City
epibolic gastrulation
factorial sign
failure criticality analysis
fellagha
firebreak
fragile sites
Geneva nomenclature
geomorphic cycle
green apple aphid
hexapole
hold down a claim
homing capability
howdying
hydraulic mule
hypochordal longmuscle
Ichthyoxenus
indiscriminating
indoctrinating
ISAM
Juncal, L.
Kathleen Ferrier
khadim
Kouba Modounga
leucodyes
macheath
macro cracks
magnetic biasing amplifier
make water
maned
mesocardium
mesodermogenic neurosyphilis
monetary disturbances
mutual designation
old-time dance
oxygen atom
oysterbed
panda express
paraconsistent logic
patenting furnace
pinmh-coc
pipe vice
psammopapillary adenomyoma
pulsed-field
racial prejudice
rami pectorales (aa. intercostalium)
rate of freight
retrothrust
right-angle traverse shaving
roll setting angle
rotary piston engine of epitrochoid design
RRM
running out of steam
San Miniato al Monte
Saussurea pseudobullockii
smokejumpers
surface of constant mean curvature
system with variable utilization
three-phase bridge rectification
throat thicknes
torsional vibration test
tresser
troching
turning fit
tutoy
tympanomastoid abscess
wave suppression plate
wayside radio
weep through sorrow
well-priceds
xpert
ytterbites