language game
nounEtymology Calque of German Sprachspiel, coined by Ludwig Wittgenstein.
1
Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences A set of rules governing how participants respond to utterings.
2
A game that is based on players’ knowledge of a language or languages, such as fictionary, hangman. etc.
3
A method of manipulating words so that the layman would find it hard to understand, such as pig Latin, gibberish, etc.