parlor game

noun

: a game suitable for playing indoors

Examples of parlor game in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The sibling drama, meanwhile, rather fades out of view amid these loftier goings-on; the film’s narrative begins to feel devised by the old parlor game Consequences, repeatedly wrenched in erratic new directions. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 31 Aug. 2026

Thanks to a nine-game winning streak nobody saw coming, the Boston Red Sox have rekindled one of big-league baseball’s favorite sum-sum-summertime parlor games. — Steve Buckley, New York Times, 17 July 2026

The change creates a warm, welcoming, parlor game-type atmosphere and serves as a wild reminder of what some people will reveal in public when asked. — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026

Trump has been fuming about its revelations, and a parlor game around who-leaked-what has been underway in DC since excerpts first appeared in the Times. — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 23 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1854, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for parlor game

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