Words & TermsFood and drink
chicken in pyjamas
Chicken parmigiana, in playful family or food slang.
In a sentence
The children asked for chicken in pyjamas for dinner.
Where it came from
A playful descriptive name for chicken parmigiana; the wording imagines the dressed or covered chicken as being in pyjamas. The exact coining is unknown. Australian recipe and nutrition writing used chicken in pyjamas for chicken parmigiana in 2009 and 2016, before the ANDC appeal.
- Initial era
- 2000–today
- Where used
- Australia-wide
- Use today
- Current but uncommon