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Govende – a game of wordplay, puns, leaps of thought and trivia

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LadyHonoriaDedlock Tue 18-Oct-22 17:25:19

It's pronounced "Goo-vain". Allegedly.

It started about 25 years ago in a serious online forum about language and grammar when somebody asked seriously about the correct name of the @ symbol. The thread then continued to discuss the formal names of other symbols until it diverged from the original point:

>>>>>> What's a pilcrow?
>>>>> "¶" is a pilcrow. What's an octothorp?
>>>> "#" is an octothorp. What's a virgule?
>>> A virgule is an old musical instrument. What's a spinet
>>A spinet is a small grove of trees. What's a copse?

And so on. It's been going on in various parts of the net since being evicted from the original forum, and has spawned many new threads.

Answer a question imaginatively, ask a "What is" question connected to your answer.

Shall I start?

What's a knees-up?

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LadyHonoriaDedlock Thu 10-Nov-22 21:35:52

A sibling is a baby sib.

What's a sister?

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biglouis Fri 11-Nov-22 05:31:32

Sis is the noise a cat makes when you torment it

What is a cat?

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Retread Fri 11-Nov-22 11:16:42

A cat is a cool jazz musician hipster from back in the day. What is a hipster?

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Namsnanny Fri 11-Nov-22 11:44:21

It's what you do whilst making a jelly from Rose fruits.
What is jelly?

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Glorianny Fri 11-Nov-22 11:51:07

Jelly is a French person who tells fibs.
What is a fib?

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fairfraise Fri 11-Nov-22 13:01:28

A fib is part of your bod like pecs and abs. What is bod?)

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Retread Fri 11-Nov-22 15:25:33

Bod is short for - as sometimes pronounced - bod-day as in bodacious. What is bodacious?

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Glorianny Fri 11-Nov-22 15:42:09

Bodacious is any plant in a herbaceous border which is not yet in full flower only in bud.
What is a flower?

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Namsnanny Fri 11-Nov-22 17:19:49

A hemophiliac

what is A?

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Mollygo Fri 11-Nov-22 18:18:39

A is the beginning of a sneeze-often heard at this time of year.
What is sneeze?

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LadyHonoriaDedlock Fri 11-Nov-22 18:24:45

Sneeze is snow blowing in a breeze.

What is a breeze?

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fairfraise Fri 11-Nov-22 18:27:23

Breeze is an overladen cheeseboard.

What is a cheeseboard?

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LadyHonoriaDedlock Fri 11-Nov-22 18:47:06

The Cheese Board is a committee that promotes lounge music.

What's a lounge?

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fairfraise Fri 11-Nov-22 19:00:26

LHDsmile
A lounge is feet up on the sofa.
What is a sofa?

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Retread Fri 11-Nov-22 19:54:40

Sofa away is where some people live. What is live?

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Mollygo Fri 11-Nov-22 20:03:37

Live is how much of the word liver my children let me say before saying, “Oh no!”

What is (are) children?

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Glorianny Fri 11-Nov-22 22:25:07

Children are rens which have been in the freezer.
What is a freezer?

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Mollygo Fri 11-Nov-22 23:25:00

A person who puts decorative sculptured or richly ornamented bands on a wall.

What is ornamented?

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biglouis Sat 12-Nov-22 00:08:49

Its a pristine surface that has been spoiled by the addition of clutter.

What is clutter?

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MrsKen33 Sat 12-Nov-22 04:05:37

Clutter is the noise a butter knife makes when you drop it on the floor.

What is a knife.?

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Retread Sat 12-Nov-22 09:05:43

A knife is needed to cut a tense atmosphere. What is atmosphere?

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biglouis Sat 12-Nov-22 09:21:23

A round hollow ball filled with atoms.

What is a ball?

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Glorianny Sat 12-Nov-22 12:00:42

Ball is what was left of the cake mixture after you'd scraped the bowl (in the days when you could do that!).
What is a mixture?

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Squiffy Sat 12-Nov-22 14:26:15

A mixt ure is a type of multi-coloured jug.

What is a jug?

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MrsKen33 Sat 12-Nov-22 15:16:29

A type of ear.

What is type?

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