parlour game en · NOUN
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Any of a number of amusing games played indoors with few props by the members of a social gathering.
Doubts abound as to whether he will graduate in 2028 with a four-year degree in Trumpism: It is now a parlor game in Washington and Silicon Valley to speculate just how long the Musk-Trump relationship will last.
2024 November 22, Theodore Schleifer, “Elon Musk Gets a Crash Course in How Trumpworld Works”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:Near-synonym: party game
Do you know that parlour-game, Yarrell dear? Are you a performer at Musical Chairs?
1918, Arthur Quiller-Couch, Foe-Farrell, Prologue:
- (figuratively) The use of deliberately nebulous or confusing language.
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| parlor-game | alternative | lexicographic | |
| parlour games | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| parlour-game | alternative | lexicographic | |
| parlor game | alternative | lexicographic |
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de Gesellschaftsspiel (amusing game played indoors with few props) · sv sällskapsspel (amusing game played indoors with few props) · cmn 社交游戲 /社交游戏 (amusing game played indoors with few props) · pl gra towarzyska (amusing game played indoors with few props)