Have you heard chick used as a verb? Runners and triathletes use it to refer to a female passing a male in a race, as in You just got chicked! This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Chick Verb”
I recently came across the word chick as a verb.
Have you run into this?
I don’t think so.
It’s very interesting.
This term is being used more and more among triathletes and long-distance runners.
To be chicked means you’re a guy and you got passed by a female.
Oh.
You just got chicked.
And in fact, there are shirts you can buy online in women’s sizes.
And on the back, it says, you just got chicked.
That’s funny.
Yeah, chicked.
That’s just like, so the men are upset about it because they feel like it’s a loss of masculinity or they’re used to always winning.
That’s pretty funny.
Chicked.
You know, I was on the trail the other day on the mountain.
You know, I go hiking a lot on a mountain near my home.
And I got nine-year-olded.
This kid just went tearing down the path past me.
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