# language game

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. 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.

## Etymology
Calque of German Sprachspiel, coined by Ludwig Wittgenstein.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/language-game