What are some fun verbal social games to play while you work?

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1. This isn’t specific to work, but sometimes when my friends and I are bored, we play the “No, that’s…” game (we came up with it ourselves, but I’m sure someone else invented it before us).

   Somebody ends some sentence with a word, like “Parent”.

   “Isn’t that when you have to do a chore outside of the house?”

   “No, that’s an errand”

   “I thought that was the lady who was an asshole to the manager?”

   “No, that’s a Karen… wait, isn’t that actually a french opera?”

   “No, that’s Carmen… or wait…”

   —

   If ya’ll get really good, you can stop identifying the item each time and simply jump:

   “My phone is ringing.”

   “Isn’t that when you’re making something up on the spot?” (Winging)

   “Mmm, no, that’s when you’re succeeding at something.” (Winning)

   “I thought that was when you did something that would make you go to hell” (Sinning)

   “No, that’s something you do in the rain” (No hints on this one 😉 )

   —

   I don’t think this is specific to social skills, but I love this game too much not to share it.