cha|rade

cha|rade
cha|rade «shuh RAYD», noun.
1. a) Often, charades. a game in which one player acts out a word or phrase or its various parts and the others try to guess what it is. If the word he wants guessed is penmanship, the player might act out “pen,” “man,” and “ship.” b) a word or phrase represented in this game.
2. gestures made for an effect; sham performance or behavior: »

Without new life being constantly breathed in, working institutions tend to degenerate into charades (Harper's).

╂[< French charade < Provençal charrada a chat, chatter < charra to chatter]

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