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A summit between toddlers where two adults negotiate via juice boxes and forced smiles.
means A pre-arranged social gathering where children get together to play, usually organized by their parents.
from A modern American compound, simply 'play' joined to 'date,' that emerged in the late 20th century — a child of busy, scheduled parenting, when spontaneous neighborhood roaming gave way to calendars and appointments. 'Date' here borrows the sense of a fixed engagement, the same one behind a dinner date, tracing back through Latin 'data' (the 'given' day a letter was written). The word is young enough that older dictionaries don't list it at all.
- coined recently
- The term only appeared in the late 1980s
- parallel play
- Toddlers ignore each other side-by-side and call it socializing
- real agenda
- Often a covert hangout for the parents instead
- handheld console
- Playdate is also a crank-powered indie gaming device
daniel tiger's neighbor time — pbs kids show where daniel tiger arranges meetups with friends like o the owl and katerina kittycat
toy story lunchbox exchange — 1995 pixar film scene where andy arranges time with sid, his neighbor across the street