parlor-game
Drawing-room group entertainment
A parlor game is an indoor game played in a social setting, typically requiring little or no equipment—just conversation, guessing, wordplay, or performance.
Charades, twenty questions, and truth or dare are classic examples.
The term evokes Victorian-era entertainment but extends to any lighthearted group activity: What started as a parlor game became a serious argument.
Wordless guessing game
- triviaUnimportant miscellaneous facts
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
- guessingEstimating without certainty
- riddlesPuzzling questions or teasers
pantomime · sardines · telephone · consequences · celebrity · password · mafia · werewolf
Tension-easing social activity
- minglingCasual social interaction
- partyGathering for celebration
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- soireeFormal evening party
conversation · banter · amusement · camaraderie · interaction · guests · hosting · salon
Methods to achieve goals
- bluffingDeceiving about one's position
- deductionConclusion from premises
- logicScience of valid reasoning
- outwittingDefeating by cleverness
cleverness · deception · psychology · misdirection · intuition · alliances · scheming · cunning
Old valued collectible
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- classicOf lasting excellence
- historicalOf documented times
old-fashioned · traditional · quaint · drawing-room · genteel · refined · period · formal
charades
Wordless guessing game
- triviaUnimportant miscellaneous facts
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
- guessingEstimating without certainty
riddles · pantomime · sardines · telephone · consequences · celebrity · password · mafia · werewolf · spoons
icebreaker
Tension-easing social activity
- minglingCasual social interaction
- partyGathering for celebration
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
soiree · conversation · banter · amusement · camaraderie · interaction · guests · hosting · salon · drawing-room
tactics
Methods to achieve goals
- bluffingDeceiving about one's position
- deductionConclusion from premises
- logicScience of valid reasoning
outwitting · cleverness · deception · psychology · misdirection · intuition · alliances · scheming · cunning · manipulation
antique
Old valued collectible
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- classicOf lasting excellence
historical · old-fashioned · traditional · quaint · drawing-room · genteel · refined · period · formal · etiquette
parlor-gamesport
Competitive physical activity
contact sport · extreme sport · marathon · wrestling · football
parlor-gameblood sport
Entertainment through harm
gladiatorial combat · duel · survival game · professional sport · mortal combat
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