Do you know what it means when someone calls you a chicken?
It means you are a coward, you get scared easily. If you saw the movie Back to the Future you will remember that Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox's character) HATED being called a chicken!
Bill: Let's go bungee jumping!
Tom: What?! No way!
Bill: Are you chicken Tom?
Tom: No, it's just I heard it's expensive...
Bill: Pock pock pock paowk (chicken noises)
Tom: Ok, I'll go bungee jumping.
-----------at the bungee jumping site------------
Tom jumps: ahahhah haha haha This is fun~!
Bill: ...I ...I can't! It's too high.
Tom: What? You make me jump and now you're chickening out???
Bill: Yeah, sorry. I guess I'm a chicken. I'm scared of heights.
Tom: Unbelievable!
As you can see, chicken can be used as a phrasal verb (to chicken out), an adjective (he's chicken) or a noun (I'm not a chicken!).
Any questions?
Phil
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