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Ouija board

A board game sold by Parker Bros. based off of a Victorian-era parlor game. The name comes from joining the French & German word for yes “oui” & ja” together. The pointer moves because of overcompensation by one person to the involuntary hand movement of the other, which is why it takes two people to work. Once the pointer start moving, one person subconsciously “answers” the question asked the other asked and involuntarily moves towards the answer. Which is why “the board” only answers in languages the players speak and can’t answer questions to which the players don't know.

The only satanic thing about this game is the amount of money Parker Bros. make off of this scam.
Skeptic:
"Ouija, who were the first two men in space?"

Players & Board:
"...."
Ouija board by Tragic Story September 28, 2004

Ouija-board management 

A style of management whereby the project as a whole is slowly moving in one direction or another, but when asked who is in charge (and by extension who is to blame for the slow progress) all hands come off the board, all progress stops and no one individual is to blame.
When asked how the new project was going Joe replied "With the Ouija-board management going on I am surprised we have accomplished this much"
Ouija-board management by Conroe100 September 23, 2017

ouija board

A game my sister used to play with me when I was little to scare me.
Me: Will I get a N64 for my birthday?
Ouija board: You will die.
ouija board by MHC17 April 25, 2007

Ouija board

A Parker brothers game originating from talking boards which have been around for centuries. The board is similar to a game board, with yes, no, ouija, the full alphabet, the numbers 0-9 and goodbye printed on it. includes a planchette which is a heart shaped piece of plastic on three legs with a clear piece of plastic for viewing. You play by placing the planchette on the board and putting your fingers on the planchette, usually played in groups of two or more. The planchette moves by itself, according to people that believe that the ouija board communicates with spirits. Some people believe that the people playing are moving the planchette subconsiously. Supposed to fortell the future and know all by some. A staple of teenage sleepovers and horror movies starting teenagers.
The Ouija board said that I'm going to marry David.
Ouija board by Evil Bella January 7, 2004

doing the ouija board 

A reference to an ambidextrous style of female masturbation in which hands are placed over the clitoris as though guiding a planchette on a ouija board.
I get off “doing the ouija board.”
doing the ouija board by Amolly March 15, 2020

ouija board

its a board with letters on it. satan is just as likely to haunt your keyboard as he is an ouija board.
i think ouija board is a satanic device. i am an idiot
ouija board by fred bamburger December 12, 2006
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