Commitment Chicken

You know the cat and mouse game of people trying to decide on when and where to meet, yet wont make any commitments to specifics unless you throw out a time. Yet you know if you do they're going to just say they aren't available but maybe later.

Rhymes with Adam: Is anyone planning on being around tomorrow?
Dr. Orpheus: let's say yes. if there's not normal activity i can come in. was planning to at some point
Smartass Bear: What time of day are we talking about?
Rhymes with Adam: What time are you available?
Smartass Bear: Magic 8 ball says I'm not waking up before noon. So 4pm and on maybe.

....crickets

So that's what Commitment Chicken is...

by Smartass Bear May 1, 2020

Chickens come home to roost

This expression is similar to "what goes around, comes around" and basically means that the consequences of one's evil actions catch up in a negative way. The idea that a wrongful curse comes back to the one who curses as a "bird returns to its nest" dates back to the days of antiquity. However, it wasn't until the 19th Century that Robert Southey wrote that "curses are like a young chicken: they always come home to roost." Since then, the idea of evil men creating returns to their own door has been encapsulated in this expression.

Dude, you keep dealing drugs and you're going to get caught. When the chickens come home to roost, they will take your car, your house, and all your money!

by morpheus30 December 17, 2014

The Chickens had come home to roost

The idea that your wrongdoings and misdeeds have caught up with you and you must be held accountable. In context this can be applied in the first or third person.

Like my pops Mad Max had said, “The Chickens had come home to roost…” whatever the fuck that means… (J. Belfort, The Wolf of Wall Street

by FartingBeer February 22, 2022

the chickens are coming home to roost

An expression that means that a person is about to pay for their mistakes or bad deeds, similar to "what goes around comes around".

The chickens are coming home to roost, Bobby Boucher. You'll reap the fruit of your selfish ways. You're gonna lose all your fancy foosball games, and you're gonna fail your big exam, because school is THE DEVIL!

by Nick D April 3, 2004

chickenometry

the branch of mathematics that deals with the relations between the sides and angles of plane or spherical poultry, and the calculations based on it.

I'm failing chickenometry this semester... I think I'm going to take basic agriculture over again next year.

by Linguisticator November 25, 2011

Chickenomics

Chickenomics - is an analytical study on Chicks/Gals.
Its just like Mathematics or Economics.

In Chickenomics we search Sine Curves on Gals and GDP of her family.
Chickenomics is a Great Concept - Its the Art of Seduction.

I've got a Masters in Chickenomics.

by Linkin Park November 18, 2005

Chickenomics

The practice of blindly throwing money at a problem in a panic, especially by a government.

The bailout and stimulus bill are perfect examples of chickenomics.

by Schneiderman February 22, 2009