playgroup
A group of children who meet together for supervised play.
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The way things are at the moment, the guy could open fire on a playgroup and I’d still vote for him.
"there will always be vengeful, murderous fanatics in the world. That will never change. What can change, what has changed and what must continue to change is the way our society protects people from vengeful, murdero…
🆘DON’T KILL🐶ROXIE She’s done absolutely nothing wrong at ACC. Has been great with other dogs, offering play bows; participated in playgroup. Social & wiggly w/handlers. They can’t even find an excuse to kill her, a…
Not everyone knows about/cares about/builds around brackets, and, sometimes, there are inequities in the playgroup. My suggestions were ways I've addressed those inequities, rather than simply leaving the group and tr…
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(UK, Hong Kong) An informal organised group providing care and activities for preschool children.
“🆘DON’T KILL🐶ROXIE She’s done absolutely nothing wrong at ACC. Has been great with other dogs, offering play bows; participated in playgroup. Social & wiggly w/handlers. They can’t even find an excuse to kill her, and yet they will! 🙏Repost 2find 🏡”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Not everyone knows about/cares about/builds around brackets, and, sometimes, there are inequities in the playgroup. My suggestions were ways I've addressed those inequities, rather than simply leaving the group and trying to find a table where everyone's "at my level".”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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A group of children who meet together for supervised play.
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A group of gamers who meet together, especially for role-playing games.
"playgroup" means: A group of gamers who meet together, especially for role-playing games.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"playgroup" means: A group of gamers who meet together, especially for role-playing games.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
“The way things are at the moment, the guy could open fire on a playgroup and I’d still vote for him.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“"there will always be vengeful, murderous fanatics in the world. That will never change. What can change, what has changed and what must continue to change is the way our society protects people from vengeful, murderous fanatics." Matthew Lopez, The Inheritance #playgroup”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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