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Charades or charade ( shə- or shə-) is a word guessing game. In the form most played today, it is an acting game in which one player acts out a word or phrase, often by pantomiming similar-sounding words, and the other players guess the word or phrase. The idea is to use physical rather than verbal language to convey the meaning to another party. It is also sometimes called Activity, after the board game.
Brief background
Though less commonly this was originally also used to indicate a riddle either in verse or prose, of which the listener must guess the meaning, often given syllable by syllable—see riddle. In France the word charade still refers to this kind of linguistic riddle.
Charades has been made into a television show in the form of the Canadian Acting Crazy and Party Game, the British Give Us a Clue, and much more recently the 2005 American series Celebrity Charades. Give Us a Clue has also been parodied in Sound Charades, played on the BBC Radio 4 panel game show Im Sorry I Havent a Clue. The ISIHAC version, permits players to speak and so describe a scene (often a pun of the title word), which the opposing team has to guess. Charades was invented by Evan Metayer a teacher of the mute, in order to allow his pupils to express themselves more freely. The word was also referenced in the song Pigs (Three Different Ones) By Pink Floyd. The song uses charades as a metaphor for capitalism:
"Big man, pig man, ha ha charade you are.
You well heeled big wheel, ha ha charade you are.
And when your hand is on your heart,
Youre nearly a good laugh,
Almost a joker,
With your head down in the pig bin,
Saying "Keep on digging."
Pig stain on your fat chin.
What do you hope to find.
When youre down in the pig mine.
Youre nearly a laugh,
Youre nearly a laugh
But youre really a cry."
Rules of the acted charade
The rules used for the acted charades are usually informal and vary widely, but co read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charades
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