Twister

Definition

A physically demanding party game where players place their hands and feet on colored circles on a plastic mat according to a spinner's instructions, creating increasingly tangled and hilarious positions. The last player who hasn't fallen or touched the mat with an un-designated body part wins.

Example Usage

At the office party, everyone ended up playing Twister and got completely tangled up—it was chaos but also hilarious.

Origin

Invented by Charles S. Foley and Neil Rabens, introduced by Milton Bradley in 1966.

Fun Fact

Twister became a cultural phenomenon in the 1960s and was featured in the Beatles' party scene in *Help!* (1965), though it was actually marketed the following year.

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