fun and games

noun

plural in form but singular or plural in construction
: light amusement

Examples of fun and games in a Sentence

soon found out that owning and maintaining a yacht wasn't all fun and games it's not all fun and games at the summer music camp, where students are expected to take their studies seriously
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Things kicked off Thursday with fun and games, including a banquet with an auction to raise money for the 15 and the Mahomies Foundation. Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2025 The achievement isn't all fun and games: Ultra-fast coordinated robotic systems like Purdubic's Cube are already used in a variety of industries, including in manufacturing and packaging applications. David Ewalt, NBC news, 15 May 2025 The fun and games between Microsoft and Google continues, and for its latest trick the Windows-maker just made Google disappear. Zak Doffman, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025 Beneath the fun and games, however, there’s a shadow over the proceedings almost from the start. Daniel Mendelsohn, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fun and games

Word History

First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of fun and games was in 1920

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“Fun and games.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fun%20and%20games. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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