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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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biglouis Sat 19-Nov-22 01:23:48

This is how young girls look when they wear a dressless evening strap in a club.

What is a club?

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Retread Sat 19-Nov-22 07:55:11

A club is what Fred Flinstone carries in the cartoon strip. What is a cartoon?

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Mollygo Sat 19-Nov-22 07:57:10

It’s the sound your car makes when you’re driving.
What is driving?

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MrsKen33 Sat 19-Nov-22 08:57:26

Stiff rain

What is stiff ?

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biglouis Sat 19-Nov-22 09:55:01

Stiff is what you get to be at the very end of your life.

What is life?

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Retread Sat 19-Nov-22 14:05:51

Life is what happens to you while you're making other plans. What is happens?

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LadyHonoriaDedlock Sat 19-Nov-22 16:47:06

Happens are fenced enclosures for keeping haps in.

What's a paddock?

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MrsKen33 Sat 19-Nov-22 17:34:14

Slovenly speech for a pad lock.

What is slovenly?

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biglouis Sat 19-Nov-22 21:41:49

Slovenly is how wage slaves do their work because they have no incentive.

What is work?

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Retread Sun 20-Nov-22 13:35:16

Work is what Dolly Parton wrote about in the song Nine to Five 🎵 🎶 What is singing?

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foxie48 Sun 20-Nov-22 16:07:55

It's what a kettle does when the water has boiled. What's "boiled"?

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biglouis Sun 20-Nov-22 16:20:29

When liquid or your temper reaches a critical point.

What is a temper?

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LadyHonoriaDedlock Sun 20-Nov-22 17:36:39

A temper is one who employs temporary staff

What's an employer?

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Retread Sun 20-Nov-22 20:31:39

An em-ployer is M from the James Bond films who has er, a ploy or two up her sleeve. What is a sleeve?

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biglouis Sun 20-Nov-22 21:57:10

Thete was a song written by some king whose sleeves were green I think ...

What is a king?

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swampy1961 Sun 20-Nov-22 23:02:16

A King is a chess piece. What is Chess?

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Mollygo Sun 20-Nov-22 23:18:42

Chess is what my dog does every time she sees a squirrel.
What’s a squirrel?

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MrsKen33 Mon 21-Nov-22 02:05:52

It is something you put away for another day.

What is away?

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Retread Mon 21-Nov-22 07:40:27

A way of life is how you live. What is life?

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Mollygo Mon 21-Nov-22 08:46:24

What is life- the first three words of a moving song by Gluck, sung by Kathleen Ferrier.

What is moving?

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Wheniwasyourage Mon 21-Nov-22 09:32:45

It's what a cow says when she is running across a field.

What is a cow?

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Glorianny Mon 21-Nov-22 11:32:45

It's a phrase used as people open their energy bills- As in"Electricity ac- OW!"
What is electricity?

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Retread Mon 21-Nov-22 13:52:53

ElectriCity is where you'll find Electric Avenue, as in the song 🎵 we're gonna rock down to, Electric Avenue ... by Eddy Grant. What is reggae?

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Wheniwasyourage Mon 21-Nov-22 14:03:23

Reggae is a shortening of Reginald for people who want to sound a bit higher up the social scale that just any old Reggie.

What is a scale?

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Squiffy Mon 21-Nov-22 14:43:02

Scale is stone cold ale.

What isstone?

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