The Game
Proper noun
Meaning
The Game
A mind game where the objective is to avoid thinking about "The Game", and by thinking about it one loses, and subsequently has to announce one's loss to the world in order to make them lose.
You just lost The Game.
Examples
The game isn't over till it's over.
You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.
In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.
At the end of the game the king and the pawn go into the same bag.
At the end of the game we see who wins.
He who looks on has two-thirds of the game.