parlor game

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The fact that it was a parlor game, not pointillism, that inspired the lyric is proof of Sondheim’s credo that “playful doesn’t mean trivial any more than solemn means serious.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Playing a parlor game, he drew a card that asked, “Do you think you have an artistic temperament?”

From Los Angeles Times

A parlor game among attendees was comparing the scores generated by their Oura Ring health trackers, which were generally low given back-to-back meetings during the day and partying well into the night.

From New York Times

Sheets said, referring to the parlor game where players create elaborate chains of actors who have appeared together on screen.

From Seattle Times

“The macabre, like the spiritual smudges and tarot, all those Victorian parlor games are definitely coming back into fashion,” she says.

From Seattle Times