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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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Wheniwasyourage Tue 13-Dec-22 14:43:54

Antique is something pertaining to an aunt.

What is pertaining?

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Mollygo Tue 13-Dec-22 14:21:18

Old is the stage before it becomes a valuable antique.
What’s antique?

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Wheniwasyourage Tue 13-Dec-22 14:18:09

A priest is someone who lives in a hole in an old house.

What is old?

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biglouis Mon 12-Dec-22 23:50:17

Vatication - a kind of air B&B in Rome run by nuns and priests

What is a priest?

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Doodle Mon 12-Dec-22 22:19:04

Swampy 🤣🤣

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swampy1961 Mon 12-Dec-22 21:31:27

Alco-hol is a Boozy vacation.

What is vacation?

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Doodle Mon 12-Dec-22 20:50:25

Mixture is what you do before Christmas when you leave your fruit mix to mature in whatever alcohol you have at hand …..if you haven’t already drunk it.

What is alcohol?

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swampy1961 Mon 12-Dec-22 20:31:51

Tog - ether is the bed cover that is made up of a mixture of gases.

What is mixture?

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BlueBelle Mon 12-Dec-22 18:22:39

Doc- tor is when a group of Gp s go on holiday together
What’s together

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MrsKen33 Mon 12-Dec-22 18:18:07

The name of my doctor when I was a child . Dr. Begs

What is a doctor?

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swampy1961 Mon 12-Dec-22 18:13:40

A favour-ite is someone to begs for favours all the time.

What is begs?

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Squiffy Mon 12-Dec-22 17:17:12

Attire is a form of perfume. Attire of Rose is my favourite.

What is a favourite?

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Retread Mon 12-Dec-22 16:18:26

Slipped is when it's freezing and I'm wearing slippers as part of my attire. What is a attire?

(Some very funny and clever posts upstream!)

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MissAdventure Mon 12-Dec-22 14:47:59

Backwards are the places that hospitals put people with slipped discs, sciatica, and lumbago.

What is slipped?

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Doodle Mon 12-Dec-22 12:06:40

Step is pets backwards.

What is backwards?

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swampy1961 Mon 12-Dec-22 07:57:34

You step up to the plate!!

What is step?

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nanna8 Mon 12-Dec-22 07:43:43

A platypus is a cat sitting on a big plate.

What is a plate ?

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BlueBelle Mon 12-Dec-22 06:10:11

It’s the front end of a platypus
What’s a platypus ?

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MrsKen33 Mon 12-Dec-22 01:51:52

It’s a long plait.
What is a plait ?

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biglouis Sun 11-Dec-22 22:49:44

In a queue you are behind the person in front but in front of the person behind

What is a queue?

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Doodle Sun 11-Dec-22 21:20:06

Elon Musk behind bars.

What is behind (no rude answers please 🤣) ?

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swampy1961 Sun 11-Dec-22 20:22:59

No problem - I'll still play along!!

Pyjamas is a elongated way of saying PJ's

What's elongated?

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BlueBelle Sun 11-Dec-22 18:10:31

Oops that wasn’t there when I posted

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BlueBelle Sun 11-Dec-22 18:09:13

Knighted is what I say to teddy when I put his pyjamas on
What are pyjamas ?

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swampy1961 Sun 11-Dec-22 18:08:42

It's knighted when it goes dark.

What is goes?

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