"Play nice" is an idiom applied to children - to not cause trouble, to play without arguing and share toys. It is a parental expression. If said to adults, it implies they are being childish.
Adults generally are not told to "play nice." So what did Trump and Biden do in the Oval Office? The Independent says they "played nice."
Isn't that a loaded expression! Was this referring to their age of behaviour or that they are adults being childish. Both interpretations are scathing. And then that was the part the press saw - the greetings lasted a few minutes. One headline says 29 seconds.
There were two more hours with the two in the Oval Office. That wouldn't have been "play" where they were to be having fun. That would have been "work."
Here's a chart on children's play. Children around 4 would be told to "play nice" when you interpret this chart.
And looking at the chart, doesn't "Play" now seems elusive? This looks like learning and growing stages. Babies making movements with their arms, doesn't seem like play to me. Especially a 3 month old. Oh well, it seems like play is even more elusive to me.
And given that the word is used in so many things now - sports games, intellectual games, online games, music - it is everywhere.
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