broken telephone

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broken telephone^¹

noun Broken Telephone

uncountable Synonym of Chinese whispers (in either sense) The number of attendees remains unconfirmed by Toronto police, the City of Toronto, and Pride Toronto organizers. So how did the media get it wrong? The erroneous news reports were a case of broken telephone that can be traced back to a 2009 estimate, which states that Pride week drew 1,120,000 visi
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Broken Telephone^²

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alternative, uncountable Alternative form of broken telephone

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@misc{broken_telephone_2026,
  title = {broken telephone},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/broken%20telephone},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}