When you and a love interest who are pretending that you're not actually into each other for some stupid reason or another see who can go the longest without giving in and texting the other person. Usually unspoken. Usually.
We've been playing texting chicken for three whole days. If I text him first, I'm the desperate one. But if I don't text him, bitch crown is on.
by Anne Persand April 4, 2011
Text message chicken is the game of text messaging back and forth between you and another person where the weakest person gives up and just calls the other person.
Emily: Hello?
Lee: Hi, I didn't feel like text messaging anymore and so I am calling you instead.
Emily: You just lost a game of text message chicken, loser.
Lee: Hi, I didn't feel like text messaging anymore and so I am calling you instead.
Emily: You just lost a game of text message chicken, loser.
by lskatz July 11, 2008