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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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henetha Wed 30-Nov-22 10:09:43

sorry. crossed. go with yours smile

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Wheniwasyourage Wed 30-Nov-22 13:01:25

Let's go with them both! Traydecide is what happens when a trade is killed off by new technology, for example the demise of radio valve making when transistors were invented.

What is a transistor?

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Mollygo Wed 30-Nov-22 18:00:59

A female you meet so often on the transport to to work that you feel like she’s your sister.

What is often?

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Retread Wed 30-Nov-22 20:08:25

My friend is one of-ten siblings all from the same parents. What is a parent?

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swampy1961 Wed 30-Nov-22 22:14:27

A parent is driven to distraction by their kids!!

What's distraction?

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Mollygo Thu 01-Dec-22 10:57:25

Dis traction (along with heat pads) is what I’m using to loosen your muscles and stop the pain.
What are muscles?

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Retread Thu 01-Dec-22 12:16:37

Muscles taste really good in a cream and white wine sauce. What is a sauce?

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biglouis Thu 01-Dec-22 14:06:45

According to the old expression both geese and ganders love sauce equally!

What are geese?

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Fernbergien Thu 01-Dec-22 15:12:36

Birds that are here today and gone tomorrow if December
What’s a bird?

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MrsKen33 Thu 01-Dec-22 17:38:25

Some sort of girl.

What is a girl?

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swampy1961 Thu 01-Dec-22 20:01:09

A girl is a relatively young female.

What's young?

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Retread Thu 01-Dec-22 20:05:18

(Carl) Jung (Young) was a famous Swiss psychiatrist who sometimes analysed dreams. What are dreams?

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swampy1961 Thu 01-Dec-22 20:14:40

Dreams are a figment of your imagination.

What's figment?

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BlueBelle Thu 01-Dec-22 20:38:46

A figment is a fruit and a posh way of saying mint
What’s mint ?

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Doodle Thu 01-Dec-22 22:08:37

Mint is what polar bears stand on.

What’s polar?

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biglouis Fri 02-Dec-22 01:47:30

A polar is a kind of jumper you wear when your neck is wrinkled

What is a jumper?

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BlueBelle Fri 02-Dec-22 05:22:51

A jumper is a kangaroo
What’s a kangaroo?

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Retread Fri 02-Dec-22 08:28:28

A kangaroo is a leap of Where to next? 🤔 in this game. What is a next?

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Glorianny Fri 02-Dec-22 09:36:31

Next is the state of your neck as you get older and it wrinkles (see polar above)
What is a wrinkle?

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biglouis Fri 02-Dec-22 09:42:30

Wrinkles are small shellfish that form a traditional part of a seafood platter.

What is seafood?

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Mollygo Fri 02-Dec-22 09:46:52

See food and eat it, the easiest diet there is.
What is diet?

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Doodle Fri 02-Dec-22 11:07:23

Diet is what you do with a T shirt you don’t like the colour of.

What is colour?

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Retread Fri 02-Dec-22 11:32:37

True colour/s is what you show when you are being authentic. What is authentic?

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Squiffy Fri 02-Dec-22 12:03:30

Authentic is when a writer has their work marked as correct ✔️

What is correct?

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Doodle Fri 02-Dec-22 12:09:16

Correct is what happens when you throw your apple core in the waste disposal.

What is waste?

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