What do you call the children's chasing game?

Question

You know the one, you chase people, and if you slap one, it's their turn to be the chaser. It's got multiple names in the UK, but I always knew it as tag.

FunkyMonkee · Accepted Answer

We mostly call it, "It" but, it's also called, "Tag" and in my dad's era, it was called, "Catchers".
We also used to play "It" in the pool. "Underwater Secret It" was a lot of fun, too. Whoever was it would have to tag someone underwater and you couldn't just yell, "You're it!", you had to whisper it to them. That way, nobody knew for sure who was it. It was also fun to play it in the pool in the dark, partly because, you could crouch down in a corner in the shallow end and no one would even know you were there, even if they were standing right next to you. "I-T" was also a lot of fun until someone would ruin it by abusing the rule and you'd end up with several people being It at the same time. You weren't allowed to say the word, "it" you HAD to spell it! Even if you were just using it in a sentence. As soon as you said "it", you were it. So, after a short while, some people would intentionally say, "it" specifically so they could tag the person next to them.
Another rule we had in the pool to keep everyone playing IN the pool was that, if you got out for any reason and then got back in, you were automatically It! Again, after a while, you'd get a few people intentionally getting out just to jump in right next to someone they wanted to tag and make them It!
On the street, we also had, "Release". It's just like It except that there were two equal teams and one team would be it and the other team could run off and try to keep from getting caught by the It team. If caught, they'd have to go to the prison and wait for another of their team to tag them, thus releasing them to run free, again, or, until the It team caught everyone and then you'd switch sides.
After a few years, I came up with another game that was kind of a combination of the two. I just called it, "Monsters". One guy was the monster and the others ran free all over the immediate area (about a 3 block range) and if the monster caught someone, they also became a monster and both of them tried to catch the others. By the end of the game, once the last guy was turned into a monster, he was the new monster by himself and everyone else was free to run.

Chazmatazz269 · Accepted Answer

A friendly game was called “tag”, but a slightly more malicious version was referred to as “cooties”. If someone said you had the cooties, you had to touch someone else to transmit the cooties away from yourself and to them. If only STDs and STIs actually worked like that. Terrible life training, “cooties”, but it was effective at getting kids involved who simply didn’t care if they were “it”. Ell oh ell!

jennifer_bloom · Accepted Answer

It was called tag when I was a kid. But you were not allowed to slap since that would land you in trouble at school and school was where the game was played, at least that was the case for me. I'm sure if enemies played this game outside school, slapping could happen.

NoDecision · Accepted Answer

Cooties?

browsingthroughthe · Answer

Chasey? That's what it was growing up. Or hide and seek.  Or tag - or even AFL/Rugby League tag

Maybe_Maybe_not · Answer

Translated, I always knew it as the "wolf game", with kids saying "slapped, you're the wolf now"

Iron_Man · Answer

I didn’t see this question until now. It’s called Tag, I had a real good time playing this game with my brother. It was really fun and interesting. This is something that you can play with your kids. And I would do it if I had kids. And if you mind your manners maybe I’ll do it with you if you ever come here

mstbooblover · Answer

Indeed, I remember that game you call "tag", which sounds somewhat similar to how it was called in the local language (West-Vlaams) at our school: "takske niete". A very popular game at the time.

MrChinaski · Answer

It was 'chasey' when I was a kid, not to be confused with 'kiss-chasey'. For some reasons it's no longer socially acceptable for me to do either of them. I always thought tag was an American term.

OlderAndWiser · Answer

It's called "tag," or "tag, you're it" in the southeastern US.

RavVid · Answer

Likewise tag but if it is boys chasing girls or girls chasing boys then it is just chasey and is of course rape practice.

Kassandra1994 · Answer

We called it the monster and who ever was it that kid turn into a monster.

NathanDavis · Answer

Northern Mexico... it was called "voto"

Nikki1989 · Answer

It was always called 'tag' for me.

Lliam · Answer

I have only heard it called "tag".

Anonymous · Answer

Tag is the only thing I've ever heard it referred to as

Amy10223 · Answer

I called it "tag". But zI always liked "Hide and Seek" more.

OneViewpoint · Answer

We called it tormenting the slow kids.

SaoirseS · Answer

Tag is the only name I’ve ever known it by.

AviatorTom · Answer

I've always called it TAG

exitseven · Answer

whare I grew up it was called tag.

Shiprex · Answer

Tig from where I am from

LaurenM1997 · Answer

Yeah in Scotland we say “ tag your it”

ohsheeT · Answer

Tag your it  you have cooties

wkhan_87 · Answer

It called " pakadam pati" in our country

DryGermanGuy · Answer

„Fangen“

robocop666 · Answer

that pic is bollix its called tag worldwide

MasterKS · Answer

chase/ police-theft/ dobby i know these.

fish5505_87 · Answer

Its tag inn the U. S. as well.

captain_voidwalker · Answer

Unemployment, get those kids some jobs

Erica8 · Answer

We called Tag.

FrodoSkywalker007 · Answer

Tag of course

valentina4eva · Answer

tag 🇨🇦 🇨🇦

queenofcardio · Answer

I call it Tag

Ill_made_Knight · Answer

Tag.

Smileygirl2000 · Answer

Tag or hide and seek

Paige2006 · Answer

Tag...

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