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    [Noun]  | "hen*house" | \ ˈhen-ˌhau̇s \


    1: a house or shelter for fowl


    Origin: 1509 ;

    [Noun]  | "henhouses" 


    1: as in dovecotes, cotes;


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     [ "The henhouse" ]

    1: A henhouse refers to Phil's house where only men go in through Phil's back door.

      * e.g.,  ... Justine: This party at the henhouse is gonna crack! 

     [ "Henhouse" ]

    1: Richard's crib is the designation referred to as a henhouse where all the cocks (men) go through the back door to his house in order to attend a brodeo. where there's nothing but men, alcohol and video games till 4 am.

      * e.g.,  ... Jamie: Lets hit up the henhouse. 

     [ "henhouse" ]

    1: A place predominantly occupied by women. This could be a workplace, classroom, social event or any other public place where there is, by a wide margin, more women than men. The term henhouse is used because of the conspicuous absence of cocks (roosters–in this case, men).

      * e.g.,  ... This sociology class is a total henhouse, John and I are the only guys here. Man, I hate working at Bath and Body Works--it's a total henhouse! There's nobody to talk football with at lunch. 

     [ "henhouse" ]

    1: An enclosure for poultry.

      * e.g.,  ... Look at that!!! The henhouse is empty.. Where are the hens??? 

     [ "henhousing" ]

    1: Stuffin around like an old chook. Pecking a lot, but not laying eggs. Procrastinating. Indecisive.

      * e.g.,  ... Would you blokes stop henhousing and make up your bloody minds. 

     [ "the fox is in the henhouse" ]

    1: Package had been delivered

      * e.g.,  ... Ques -Hey, did you deliver it or what? 

     [ "rooster in the henhouse" ]

    1: When a man poses as a woman and gets outed.

      * e.g.,  ... We all know lady gaga is the gorgeous doll we see today but years ago it was believed that she was playing the rooster in the henhouse. 

     [ "set the fox to guard the henhouse" ]

    1: Putting somebody in charge of a job, when they have a conflict of interest. Often used to refer to industry "self-regulation" or to putting an industry insider on the board that regulates that industry, e.g., appointing an executive of Comcast as chairman of the FCC. Can also refer to a similar problem in private industry, e.g., putting the manager of a failed project in charge of the investigation into why the project failed.

      * e.g.,  ... Mike Taylor has been appointed to head the Food Safety Working Group at the FDA. The President has set the fox to guard the henhouse. 

     [ "Hog in the Henhouse" ]

    1: When a male enters a room filled predominantly with women.

      * e.g.,  ... Sarah: “what’s that guy doing at our womens rights protest?” Ashley: “I don’t know, he’s a total hog in the henhouse.” 

     [ "You couldn't catch chicken pox in a henhouse!" ]

    1: A less explicit version of "You couldn't catch herpes in a whorehouse!" It means that no matter how hard they try, no one will be able to catch anything.

      * e.g.,  ... While a pack of dogs chased a cat, the cat insulted them by saying, "You couldn't catch chicken pox in a henhouse!" 

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