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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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BlueBelle Fri 16-Dec-22 17:18:55

Senile is the waterway a Spaniard sails up or down
What is down ?

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swampy1961 Fri 16-Dec-22 17:15:42

Recollections is something that gransnetters often do - not necessarily in the right order but then family may gaslight you saying you're going senile!!

What senile?

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Mollygo Fri 16-Dec-22 16:46:19

Very is something that recollections may do.
What are recollections?

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swampy1961 Fri 16-Dec-22 16:40:45

Lan-guish is a method of not doing very much!!

What is very?

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Doodle Fri 16-Dec-22 14:06:09

In fluence is when you are having a good conversation with people in another language.

What is language?

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swampy1961 Fri 16-Dec-22 13:11:39

Inebriated is a posh way of saying drunk under the influence of alcohol!!

What's influence?

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Squiffy Fri 16-Dec-22 12:42:06

Plast is short for plastered/ inebriated and ic is when it causes you to ‘iccup.

What is inebriated?

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Wheniwasyourage Fri 16-Dec-22 12:31:53

A mate is a plastic head covering that our mothers used to wear when it wasn't raining.

What is plastic?

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biglouis Fri 16-Dec-22 11:25:28

Tre more is how a very drunk man order drinks for himself and his two mates.

What ia a mate?

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nanna8 Fri 16-Dec-22 06:48:51

A fib is a little mini heart tremor.
What is a tremor ?

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biglouis Fri 16-Dec-22 02:36:19

Re-lie is what you do when the first fib you told didnt convince them.

What is a fib?

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swampy1961 Thu 15-Dec-22 21:52:04

Turkey is best served cold especially if you have given up something you rely on!!

What's rely?

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Wheniwasyourage Thu 15-Dec-22 21:43:32

Stuff is what you get in a turkey when you are interrupted while preparing it.

What is a turkey?

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swampy1961 Thu 15-Dec-22 21:31:30

Fire is hot stuff!!

What is stuff?

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biglouis Thu 15-Dec-22 13:01:50

Its what you do to get fire by pulling a small piece of wood across a rough surface.

What is fire?

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Mollygo Thu 15-Dec-22 09:05:43

Protect- short for someone like Cormoran Strike a professional detective.

What’s a strike?

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Squiffy Wed 14-Dec-22 22:53:43

Choose are what you wear on your feet to keep them warm and protect them.

What is protect?

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LadyHonoriaDedlock Wed 14-Dec-22 22:52:26

A well-rounded Cheddar

What's well-rounded?

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swampy1961 Wed 14-Dec-22 22:11:34

They are people who love to be on the sauce!! Ketchup or booze!! Which would you choose?

What's choose?

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Doodle Wed 14-Dec-22 19:20:13

Cups are what saucers are for.

What are saucers?

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Wheniwasyourage Wed 14-Dec-22 19:08:23

A slip is what there are many of between cup and lip.

What is a cup?

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MrsKen33 Wed 14-Dec-22 17:47:51

It is a wig that constantly slips.

What is slip.?

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Squiffy Wed 14-Dec-22 17:21:00

An engine is a naughty swig of gin when you think no-one's watching.

What is a swig?

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biglouis Tue 13-Dec-22 22:51:30

Enter-train is when you get into a form of transport where carraiges are pulled by an engine.

What is an engine?

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Doodle Tue 13-Dec-22 19:13:53

Some young thing with a youthful body using her youthful assets to entertain others

What is entertain?

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