Meanings
- slangA KFC restaurant.
Ma, you're at a steakhouse! You order steak at a steakhouse, end of story! When you go to Colonel Sanders, you order fried chicken; when you go to Dairy Queen, you order ice cream; when you go to A&W, you order a root beer, etc...
2008 December 2, CLM in ND, “Guess how much my Remy VSOP cost at the Revolution Lounge in Mirage...”, in alt.vacation.las-vegas (Usenet), archived from the original on 06 Nov 20252 more examples
> looking for a female who likes to have a good time, around 20-24. […] no fat chicks Fat chicks grow into big, fat chickens that go to Colonel Sanders and then they make into tasty giblets which skinny women like to have a good time with!
1997 October 17, tstich@tcmail.frco.com [Stich], “looking”, in pdx.singles (Usenet), archived from the original on 06 Nov 2025>Oh yeah? What about those other famous "chicken" records? > >"KFC Lovin'" by Little Willie Littlefield? "I'm going to Colonel Sanders, Colonel Sanders here I come I'm going to Colonel Sanders, Colonel Sanders here I come They got extra crispy chicken there And I'm gonna get me some.
2001 July 10, Bob Roman, “Chords for "At the Hop"???”, in rec.music.rock-pop-r+b.1950s (Usenet), archived from the original on 06 Nov 2025
Origin
After Colonel Harland Sanders, the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken
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