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Chinese whispers
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a game where a message is passed secretly and rapidly from one person to another, often resulting in the message being distorted or changed unintentionally as it travels through the chain of participants
1.1
a situation where a message gets passed from one person to another, but it often gets changed along the way
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Examples
The news article started as a straightforward report, but by the time it reached the third publication, it had turned into a classic case of Chinese whispers with inaccuracies and exaggerations.
The office gossip became a prime example of Chinese whispers as details of the story changed with each retelling.
