Etymology
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From gay (“homosexual”) and chicken (“game of dare”).
gay chicken (uncountable)
- A game in which two people of the same sex move their lips as close as possible with or without kissing, and the first to pull away loses.
2009 June 23, Evangeline Anderson, Str8te Boys, Macon: Samhain Publishing, →ISBN, page 10:The two of you are always all over each other—playing gay chicken and all that shit.
2011 June 7, Ryan Field, The Way We Almost Were, Beverly: Ravenous Romance, →ISBN, page 5:The entire public, gay and straight viewers alike, seemed to love watching good-looking guys play gay chicken, and they couldn't wait to see how far Mikey Phoenix would take them.
2011 June 7, K. A. Mitchell, Bad Company, Macon: Samhain Publishing, →ISBN, page 18:If you're going to play gay chicken, you'd probably be better off playing it with someone who isn't actually gay.