chicken burger

Definition

Any suspiciously budget-friendly poultry sandwich from the dollar menu that tastes vaguely like chicken, smells approximately like chicken, and has a texture that could charitably be described as chicken-adjacent.

Example Usage

I grabbed a chicken burger from the value menu and spent the next hour wondering what I'd actually eaten.

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