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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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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access tokens
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anti-stokes lines
apause
attitude problem
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biological elimination
blocked in
boat-side
chromoplastid
command signal
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controlling share
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Crile,George Washington
cycloidal drive with small teeth difference
denotements
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distance reading instrument
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gold-leaves
government reimbursement billing eligibility
grain board
graphis desquamescens
grates on
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helioscopium
homesourcing
humistrate
ice crack
independent distance model
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inection
intermediatrix
isotopically modified compound
koji amylase
Las Tunas, Prov. de
light gage sheet
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membranae serosa
micing
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murine model
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nasoya
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