pass the phone

English

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Verb

pass the phone (third-person singular simple present passes the phone, present participle passing the phone, simple past and past participle passed the phone)

1. (Internet slang) Said during a game in which a group of people expose something embarrassing about a person and passes the phone to that person.
   • 2024 June 24, skzlvrss._, Instagram‎^[1]:

     I'm passing the phone to the annoying person whose only hobby is tossing me in the air fryer and shoving tissues down my throat whenever they feel like it.

Further reading

• “Pass The Phone Challenge / Passing The Phone To”, in Know Your Meme, website first launched 2007