parlour game

See also: parlour-game

English

Alternative forms

parlor game, parlor-game, parlour-game

Noun

parlour game (plural parlour games)

Any of a number of amusing games played indoors with few props by the members of a social gathering.
- 1918, Arthur Quiller-Couch Foe-Farrell, Prologue:
  Do you know that parlour-game, Yarrell dear? Are you a performer at Musical Chairs?
(politics, figuratively) The use of deliberately nebulous or confusing language.

Synonyms

(deliberately confusing language): doublespeak

Translations

amusing game played indoors with few props

German: Gesellschaftsspiel (de) n

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