Boneless chicken wings have often been described as basically chicken nuggets.

“Boneless wings are chicken nuggets for adults” was posted on Twitter by J. Elliot Yates on September 4, 2009. “Boneless wings are chicken nuggets for adults” was posted on Twitter by Pete Seroogy on February 26, 2010. “Boneless wings are just adult chicken nuggets” was posted on Twitter by Bridget Petrella on May 14, 2010. “I am pretty sure that boneless chicken wings are just chicken nuggets for adults” was posted on Twitter by Keith Mitchell on January 8, 2011.

“Boneless wings are chicken nuggets for adults” was posted on Reddit—Showerthoughts on September 23, 2013. “Boneless chicken wings are just chicken nuggets for adults” was posted on Reddit—Showerthoughts on April 30, 2014.

“Stop saying you love wings if you order boneless. You love nuggets” is a related saying.


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J. Elliot Yates
@jelliotyates
Boneless wings are chicken nuggets for adults.
10:43 AM · Sep 4, 2009·Twitter Web Client

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Pete Seroogy
@PeteSeroogy
Boneless wings are chicken nuggets for adults
9:28 PM · Feb 26, 2010·Twitter Web Client

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Bridget Petrella
@upbeatmag
Boneless wings are just adult chicken nuggets.
3:30 AM · May 14, 2010·Twitter Web Client

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Bwenden See
@BComposed
Boneless wings are chicken nuggets for adults.
1:08 PM · Jun 16, 2010·Twitter Web Client

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Michelle Simon
@MichLLyn
Boneless chicken wings are basically adult`s chicken nuggets.
8:54 AM · Jul 5, 2010·Twitter SMS

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Keith Mitchell
@krubb
I am pretty sure that boneless chicken wings are just chicken nuggets for adults.
9:36 PM · Jan 8, 2011·Twitter SMS

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Nadia
@gravillian
the secret the man doesn’t want you to know: boneless wings are just chicken nuggets for adults.
9:24 PM · Mar 6, 2011·TweetDeck

Reddit—Showerthoughts
Boneless wings are chicken nuggets for adults
submitted September 23, 2013 by Taedirk

Reddit—Showerthoughts
Boneless chicken wings are just chicken nuggets for adults
submitted April 30, 2014 by steelballsafury

Reddit—Showerthoughts
Boneless buffalo wings are really chicken nuggets for adults.
submitted October 26, 2014 by hanleyp

Reddit—Showerthoughts
Chicken tenders are basically just chicken nuggets for adults
submitted September 11, 2015 by maxjp17

Reddit—Showerthoughts
Boneless wings are just chicken nuggets for adults.
submitted December 18, 2015 by BatDubb

Twitter
chief
@coochiedeclined
ive said it before and ill say it again; boneless wings are nothing but glorified chicken nuggets
9:38 PM · Dec 5, 2017·Twitter for iPhone

Reddit—Showerthoughts
boneless wings are just chicken nuggets for adults
submitted May 7, 2018 by NotBilroy
its just a marketing scheme to make more money, at least, that’s my theory

Twitter
~Lotus 🖤
@LotusAsakura
Boneless wings are not wings. If you like chicken nuggets just say that. There’s nothing wrong with chicken nuggets.
10:44 PM · Jun 6, 2022·Twitter Web App

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Zombie
@_Zombie_Crew_
Boneless wings are not wings . They are chicken nuggets for adults . There I said it .
7:37 PM · Aug 5, 2022·Twitter for iPhone