She was terrified of Covid, afraid she'd suffocate wearing a mask, quaking over what effects the vaccine could have, phobic about getting close to anyone and mortified that she was being scarred-for-life by the emotional deprivations of social distancing. Dr. Kafween had termed her a Free Range Chicken, and now she was apprehensive about her next session, reasonably fearful of getting billed for a missed appointment with her analyst, who, she was afraid to admit, was rarely wrong.

free range chicken by Monkey's Dad December 10, 2020

Free Range Chicken

A parent scared of letting their child(ren) out of their sight to travel to/from a neighborhood park, friend's house, community pool or walk to school for fear of being reported to Child Protective Services (CPS), or their child(ren) being picked up (abducted) by the police and delivered to CPS. These parents would normally be fine with letting their children be unsupervised for such excursions, but have been closely monitoring the news of the couple in Maryland who have had ideological clashes with CPS and by extension, the police. This case has sparked a national debate as to whether these parents actually neglected their children in any way, and further, how helicopter parenting has raised a generation of helpless children to adulthood (millennials) who now expect the government and society to protect and coddle them, and who are in turn projecting these values onto modern GenX parents.

Dan and Mary are such free range chickens; they won't let their kids walk to the park anymore. They used to be free-rangers.

Free Range Chicken by Bloggernaut April 15, 2015

Free Range Chicken

A girl without a boyfriend. One who is not tied down

Friend: Are you taking her down?
Me: Nah I think she's got a boyfriend
Friend: No bro I heard they broke up, she's a Free Range Chicken
Me: Damn Im taking that down

Free Range Chicken by rr12 May 1, 2023

free-range chicken

A young homosexual male who likes to sexually roam. His social and sexual activities cannot be limited due to his desirability.

There is no way he can settle down, he is a free-range chicken.
For more context please refer to chicken, chicken hawk, and twink.

free-range chicken by homofield April 13, 2013

Free Range Chicken Skinning

A male that intentionally, indiscriminately and freely walks around in public and private with his chicken skin ball sack hanging out of his fly or hanging out from under his shorts.

Paul looks forward to his lunch break every day. He enjoys leaving the office and walking to the restaurants on Main Street doing a little Free Range Chicken Skinning.

Free Range Chicken Skinning by Eaton Holgoode April 15, 2015

"free range chicken" theory of business

A philosophy of doing business where the employees are treated fairly, not micromanaged and work in a healthy environment. The opposite of a sweat shop.

This place is a sweatshop! Clearly the owners do not believe in the philosophy of the "free range chicken" theory of business.

GE's practice of allowing employees to work from home 1-2 days a week is a great idea and they experience increased productivity from those employees. A true "free range chicken" theory of business philosophy.

"free range chicken" theory of business by mWEEDo March 29, 2011

Galantir

A group of people, typically women, searching through someone’s digital footprint in order to find more information about that person.

Susie wasn’t sure if her new Hinge match was a creep, so she assembled Galantir and they found out he used to post slurs on gaming forums.

Galantir by Ge-sus September 22, 2026

Word of the Day on September 23, 2026

murderhobo

In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.

The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.

DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.

murderhobo by Loup&S September 9, 2021

Word of the Day on September 22, 2026

Whale

In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.

Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.

A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.

"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."

Whale by FQ_GFY February 3, 2020

Word of the Day on September 21, 2026