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broken telephone

noun

Definitions

  1. Synonym of Chinese whispers (in either sense)

    • Our kids are playing the world's most complex game of Broken Telephone. And they will need to know that hearing is not the same thing as listening, especially when we're gossiping with hyperconnected digital tools.

  2. Alternative form of broken telephone.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for broken telephone. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA