The act of growing a beard through times of great stress or hardship, usually to bring a sense of light relief to that person's life. Generally associated with tedious exam diets and/or feelings of complete ineptitude.
Dude, did you see the size of Jason's beard the other day?
Yeah man, he's been comfort bearding for the last month. These exams are soul-destroying.
Attempting to pick up a member of the opposite sex when the chance of success is 1 in a million ("So you're saying there's a chance?"). For example, your buddy gets rejected by an out-of-his-league hottie at a gas station while his friends laugh at his chicken-covered-beard.
Having departed KFC after drunken spring break binge, your buddy gets laughed out of the gas station after attempting chicken-bearding.