exquisite corpse

Calque of French cadavre exquis. First coined in 1925 by surrealists André Breton, Marcel Duhamel, Jacques Prévert, and Yves Tanguy in a similar manner to consequences; the first example was constructed from the following prompt: Le cadavre exquis boira le vin nouveau ("The exquisite corpse will drink new wine").

exquisite corpse (countable and uncountable, plural exquisite corpses)

1. (uncountable) A collective art game in which several collaborating artists assemble a sentence or image, usually by following a prompt, or being allowed to see the only last contribution.
2. (countable) A sentence or image created as a result of this game.