Chinese Whispers idiom:
When a story is told from person to person, especially if it is gossip or scandal, it inevitably gets distorted and exaggerated. This process is called Chinese whispers.
Chinese Whispers effect:
When a story is told from person to person, especially if it is gossip or scandal, it inevitably gets distorted and exaggerated. This process is called Chinese whispers.
Chinese Whispers effect:
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!
Guy 2: No dude that never happened! He just grabbed her boob accidentally outside of the closet.
That's a serious chinese whisper effect!
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