Definitions from Wiktionary (Chinese whispers)
▸ noun: (games, chiefly UK) A game for several players in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbor, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred, to humorous effect by the time it reaches the last person and is compared with the original phrase.
▸ noun: (figuratively, by extension) Any situation where something is changed or misunderstood as a result of passing through successive people or processes.
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▸ noun: (games, chiefly UK) A game for several players in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbor, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred, to humorous effect by the time it reaches the last person and is compared with the original phrase.
▸ noun: (figuratively, by extension) Any situation where something is changed or misunderstood as a result of passing through successive people or processes.
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operator,
whisper down the lane,
telephone,
broken telephone,
mumchance,
whispered interpreting,
Chinese compliment,
whispered interpretation,
whisperation,
round,
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