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What is Chinese Whispers?
The effect that occurs when something is heard through word of mouth, a variation on the original message or topic of discussion, as commonly happens in the childhood game of Chinese-Whispers.
"Man i heard you were walking coast to coast!?, for charity or something?"
"Nope, but my mum is."
"Huh, must have been the Chinese-Whispers Effect"
Chinese Whispers - video
Chinese Whispers - what is it?
When gossip or a story is being passed around, being told to one person, who retells it to another, and with each re-telling the story is changed slightly, until by the last re-telling it has changed almost beyond recognition of the original story.
Guy 1: Dude, John just told me about that girl and the guy from down the hall having sex in the closet!
Guy 2: No dude that never happened! He just grabbed her boob accidentally outside of the closet. That's a serious chinese whisper effect!
What does "Chinese Whispers" mean?
The act of blowing on someone's perineum.
1984, T. AUGARDE Oxf. Guide to Human Sexuality xviii: "This is the basis for a game which ‘Professor Hoffmann’... calls Russian Gossip (also known as Chinese Whispers). The participants are arranged in a circle, and the first player blows air sensuously against the exposed perineum of the next player, and so on round the circle."
Chinese Whispers - what does it mean?
A phrase that describes how people distort an original message down the line.
Girl 1 to Boy 1: Man, I think Communism is a good idea but it sucks when applied to real life.
Boy 1 to Girl 2: Dude,Girl2 totally supports Communism!