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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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Nana3 Mon 14-Nov-22 23:51:17

A button is a thing that can irritatingly get pushed.
What is irritating?

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biglouis Tue 15-Nov-22 01:49:19

Irritating is when water runs through the farmer's crops.

What is a farmer?

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Glorianny Tue 15-Nov-22 09:10:16

A farmer is a place a long way from the sea.
What is the sea?

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biglouis Tue 15-Nov-22 10:15:34

Seeing is believing for cynical folks like me!

What is belief?

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Squiffy Tue 15-Nov-22 10:17:56

A belief is what a flying insect lands on for a rest.

What is a rest?

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Mollygo Tue 15-Nov-22 10:40:33

Arrest is when you feel that hand on your shoulder and the voice says you’re nicked!
What is a shoulder?

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Retread Tue 15-Nov-22 10:55:38

A wide set of shoulders is something you'd see on a big, strong soldier. What is a soldier?

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MrsKen33 Tue 15-Nov-22 12:01:16

It’s a small pointed thing that heats up and melts metal.

What is pointed?

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Mollygo Tue 15-Nov-22 12:41:48

Pointed is a remark that is meant to make others feel uncomfortable, like calling them frumpy.
What is frumpy?

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Retread Tue 15-Nov-22 18:25:39

Frumpy is something you don't want to be described as when you're aiming to be a senior fashionista. What is a fashionista?

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MrsKen33 Tue 15-Nov-22 18:30:58

It’s a person on GN who thinks they know everything about what to wear, but are wrong.

What is wrong ?

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fairfraise Tue 15-Nov-22 18:43:38

Wrong is when you put your foot on the rung of the ladder only you miss it and fall off and nearly have a injury. What is injury?

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LadyHonoriaDedlock Tue 15-Nov-22 18:57:35

Injury is being selected to adjudicate in a criminal trial.

What is criminal?

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fairfraise Tue 15-Nov-22 19:16:49

Criminal is the misuse of words on threads like this!

What are threads ?

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Mollygo Tue 15-Nov-22 20:22:06
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Threads are how some people refer to clothing. You can see the threads on here.

What’s refer

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MrsKen33 Tue 15-Nov-22 20:24:38

A sort of hallucinogenic cigarette.

What is a cigarette ?

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fairfraise Tue 15-Nov-22 20:25:57

Refer is a jacket often worn with jeans in the 70s.

What are jeans?

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Retread Wed 16-Nov-22 07:37:11

A cigarette is a nicotine delivery device kept in a packet in your jeans pocket. Jeans are what determines a great deal of who you are. What is delivery?

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MissAdventure Wed 16-Nov-22 09:39:37

Delivery is a word used to explain the delicious taste of offal.
A hybrid word extracted from delicious and liver.

What is hybrid?

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biglouis Wed 16-Nov-22 11:30:19

A quick and casual way of greeting anyone called Bridget.

What is greeting?

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Namsnanny Wed 16-Nov-22 12:41:17

The pronunciation used by a Jamacan when describing the washed out colour of something.
OR an iron grill in the pavement according to someone from the North of England.

What is pronunciation?

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Retread Wed 16-Nov-22 15:39:46

(Greeting - or having a little weep! In Scotland).

Pronunciation is a nun that is pro the cessation of wearing a habit. What is a habit?

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MissAdventure Wed 16-Nov-22 21:32:20

It's something that should be changed immediately if it's dirty.

What is dirty?

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Mollygo Wed 16-Nov-22 22:02:31

Ten more than twenty and two less than dirty-two.
What is more?

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Retread Wed 16-Nov-22 22:24:08

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a-more (ay) ...so sang Dean Martin.

What is a Martin?

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