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Noun: Chinese wispers
Usage: Brit
  1. A game in which a group of people whisper a phrase to each person's neighbour in turn, the phrase often being slightly misheard several times and having the sense altered by the time it reaches the last person
    - telephone [US]
     
  2. An instance of a verbal misunderstanding due to the information having passed through several people