Etymology

Mad Lib

Today it means: A humorously nonsensical story created from a template with blanks for certain elements. One participant supplies words to fill the blanks (e.g. "nose" where a body part is required), and the other reads the resulting story. Full definition →

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The story

Blend of mad + ad lib; Mad Libs is the brand name for the packaged game.

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