schoolyard antics
Playground troublemaking behavior
Schoolyard antics are the mischievous, playful, or rowdy behaviors typical of children at recess—chasing, teasing, roughhousing, pranks.
The phrase often appears when adults act immaturely: The meeting devolved into schoolyard antics when the two executives started name-calling.
It suggests behavior that's tolerable from ten-year-olds but embarrassing from grown-ups.
- recessPause in activity
- playgroundChildren's outdoor recreation space
- mischiefPlayful troublesome behavior
- pranksPlayful mischievous acts
- double dareIntensified challenge to act
recess bell · roughhousing · tag · chase · jump rope · four square · giggling · teasing · bullying · hopscotch · kickball · troublemaker · detention · shenanigans · monkey bars · pushing · shoving · laughter
- children's poetrynursery rhymes, bedtime poems, silly rhymes, moral lessons, imagination
schoolyard anticsobedience
Compliance with authority
propriety · composure · sitting still · good behavior · good manners
schoolyard anticsgravitas
Dignified, weighty manner
sobriety · statesmanship · professional conduct · executive presence
schoolyard anticscourtroom proceedings
Official legal case activities
parliamentary procedure · diplomatic protocol · board meeting · graduation ceremony · state dinner
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