The penis game is a chicken-like game meant to be playe in a public place. A number of participants take turns saying "penis"—or another publicly awkward word; vagina is another common choice—at increasingly loud levels, starting from a whisper, and possibly ending with shouts. Each player must be noticeably louder than the last, but what qualifies as noticeable is only subjectively measured. The game generally ends when one person either declines to say "penis", says it at an inadequate volume, exhibits embarrassment related to others' taking notice, or gets into trouble if at a school or classroom setting. Attempts to comedify the game can lead to such sentences being shouted as "Can I borrow your pen...is," or "I love the sweet salty taste of peanuts."