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Fucking that chicken 

To continue doing a menial task that offers little reward.

Made famous by a live-news-television slip by a New York Fox anchor Ernie Anastos in September 2009.
"Are you going to the hockey game tonight?"

"No, I have to work late again tonight at the 7-Eleven."

"Well, keep fucking that chicken."
Words you can keep

Keep fucking that chicken 

Keep up the good work.

Coined by television anchor Ernie Anastos during a live broadcast of the Fox 5 New York local news. (See videos on YouTube.)
News anchor to weatherman: "Great forecast. Keep fucking that chicken."
Keep fucking that chicken by Karl721 September 18, 2009
Word of the Day on September 21, 2009

Keep fucking that chicken 

This expression became a term of encouragement after the following exchange in a live New York local Fox News broadcast at the end of the weather report.

Ernie: "It takes a tough man to make a tender forecast, Nick."
Nick Gregory: "Well, I guess that's me!"
Ernie: "Keep fucking that chicken."

The first line is a parody of a commercial for Perdue chicken from the 1970's, in which Frank Perdue uttered the tag line, "It takes a tough man to make a tender chicken." "Keep fucking that chicken" was the punchline of a joke of the same time about how Perdue did it.
Way to go, buddy. Keep fucking that chicken!
Keep fucking that chicken by s1729 November 15, 2010

Keep fucking that chicken 

"Keep fucking that chicken" (KFTC) is a phrase coined by television anchor Ernie Anastos during a live broadcast of the Fox 5 New York local news. It is presumably a phrase of encouragement similar to keep on truckin, only with a more pronounced and colorful air of defiance.

The chicken being fucked may be an actual chicken, could be pejorative slang for a woman (i.e. chickenhead), or some other metaphor for an object of desire or enjoyable activity. In any case, KFTC seems to be a gesture of support to the recipient to continue doing whatever it is that they're doing, despite what others may say, so long as it makes them happy.
Adam: I could be making more money at another job, but I like the work I'm doing now.

Bob: Whatever, keep fucking that chicken.
Keep fucking that chicken by CleffedUp September 20, 2009

Keep fucking that chicken 

To stay the course.
Bush: "We need to stay the course in Iraq."
Cheney: "Keep fucking that chicken."

Keep Fucking That Chicken 

A phrase that can be used as a reply or advice in a variety of conversations, usually as encouragement (Keep up the good work, etc.) but also can also be defined as unproductive activity (fucking the dog, etc.) Can be used metaphorically or in the literal sense. Considered vulgar. Coined by news anchor Ernie Anastos of New York's Fox 5 network in a segue during a live newscast on September 16th, 2009.
My grandfather always used to say "keep fucking that chicken, boy!" and I really didn't know what he meant so I just rolled with it.

Or:

Ernie: "It takes a tough man to make a tender forecast, Nick."
Nick Gregory: "Well, I guess that's me!"
Ernie: "Keep fucking that chicken."

keep fucking that chicken 

It's what you say to a meteorologist after they announce the forecast.

Or in any and all situations ever.
"It takes a tough man to make a tender forecast"
"I guess that's me"
"Keep fucking that chicken"
keep fucking that chicken by dmcleod September 19, 2009
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