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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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Retread Mon 28-Nov-22 10:48:39

Capture (captcha) is what you have to do to log in to some websites to prove you are a human. What is a human?

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biglouis Mon 28-Nov-22 10:41:45

Aspirated is something which has been captured by pirates.

What is captured?

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Mollygo Mon 28-Nov-22 10:32:22

HOrison is another word for a prayer with an aspirated H wrongly placed at the beginning.
What is aspirated?

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BlueBelle Mon 28-Nov-22 06:28:30

Adorn is very early morning when the sun comes up over the horizon
What’s a horizon

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Retread Mon 28-Nov-22 06:11:53

Gold is what we take from Mother Earth so that wealthy people can adorn themselves. What is adorn?

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biglouis Mon 28-Nov-22 01:50:10

Comes in gold but you cannot spend or wear it.

What is gold?

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Mollygo Sun 27-Nov-22 23:34:02

Viscous is a thick sticky liquid like syrup, that happens when you forget to add an i after the c.
What is syrup?

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Squiffy Sun 27-Nov-22 22:56:28

Out is what you shout when a neighbour’s very vicious cat sneaks in to your house.

What is vicious?

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MrsKen33 Sun 27-Nov-22 18:54:38

It’ s when you were younger and some boy asked you out. He told his friends he had pulled’ a girl.

What is out?

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Retread Sun 27-Nov-22 18:07:13

Oops! Doh.

A plug is when you pull at your ears (lugs). What is a pull?

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Retread Sun 27-Nov-22 18:06:23

A USB is a unique set of beliefs. What is unique?

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Mollygo Sun 27-Nov-22 16:01:36

It’s the little slot where you plug in a USB.
What’s a plug?

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swampy1961 Sun 27-Nov-22 14:23:51

Port out starboard home

What is port?

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biglouis Sun 27-Nov-22 11:27:12

A poodle is the result when a very posh dog poos and pees at the same time.

What is posh?

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Retread Sun 27-Nov-22 11:07:26

That's fine Henetha we can go with yours smile

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henetha Sun 27-Nov-22 10:49:23

Ah, sorry, crossed.

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henetha Sun 27-Nov-22 10:48:53

A puppet is a very small puppy, like a tiny ball of fluff which I saw recently and was actually a miniature poodle.
What's a poodle?

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Retread Sun 27-Nov-22 10:47:41

A puppet is a very cute puppy that you have fetched from the rescue centre. What is a rescue?

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Mollygo Sun 27-Nov-22 10:32:44

Actions are those movements performed by a puppet when the right strings are pulled.

What’s a puppet?

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Baggs Sun 27-Nov-22 10:25:19

An audience is anyone or a group of anyones (which can include animals) who watch your actions.

What are actions?

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biglouis Sun 27-Nov-22 01:41:50

A kind of fear when you have to do something before an audience.

What is an audience?

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swampy1961 Sat 26-Nov-22 23:00:28

Green is a room usually found behind the stage.

What is stage?

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Squiffy Sat 26-Nov-22 21:34:13

Bowels is a game played on a green.

What is a green?

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Retread Sat 26-Nov-22 21:17:19

Constipation is consternation that affects your bowels. What is bowels?

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LadyHonoriaDedlock Sat 26-Nov-22 19:50:20

Sheet is a welcome release.

What's constipation?

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