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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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MissAdventure Mon 05-Dec-22 20:07:29

It is commonly used to describe the second, more mahogany colouration applied to a patchy fake tan.

It blends the tones seamlessly together into a shiny, polished leather sheen.

What is seamless?

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Retread Mon 05-Dec-22 20:35:35

On GN you learn something new every day!!! 😂

Seamless is like some of the modern fashions where they don't even bother to hem a dress properly. What is a properly?

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MissAdventure Mon 05-Dec-22 20:53:18

It is what people who go on 'Escape to the country's are looking for.

A spacious, sunny, six bedroom properly, with a farmhouse kitchen and room for granny...

What is granny?

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Doodle Mon 05-Dec-22 22:37:08

A granny is an award for old people.

What is award?

(Miss Adventure, evening was priceless 🤣🤣)

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Mollygo Tue 06-Dec-22 10:30:37

A ward is an administrative division of a city.
What is division?

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nanna8 Tue 06-Dec-22 11:06:17

A division is something that sorts the sheep from the goats.

What are goats?

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Retread Tue 06-Dec-22 15:35:01

Goats are baby ghosts. What is a baby?

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BlueBelle Tue 06-Dec-22 15:37:48

A baby is tiny human, what is a human ?

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swampy1961 Tue 06-Dec-22 19:29:37

A human is a being.

What's a being?

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Retread Wed 07-Dec-22 08:28:35

A being is when someone wants to visit and texts "Will you be in?" and predictive text writes "being". What is a text?

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Mollygo Wed 07-Dec-22 08:51:06

Text is short for the feel of something like silk or fleecy bedding.
What is bedding?

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biglouis Wed 07-Dec-22 09:44:25

Bedding happened in the olden days when the newly married couple were escorted to the bridal suite with much laughter and joking.

What is a suite?

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Wheniwasyourage Wed 07-Dec-22 17:03:13

A suite is bad for your teeth, but it can be enjoyable even so.

What is teeth?

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Retread Wed 07-Dec-22 18:10:48

Teeth is what my grandson lisps when he tells me the children at school tease him (he has lost his baby teeth to the Tooth Mouse). What is a mouse?

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Doodle Wed 07-Dec-22 20:41:40

Mouse can come in lots of flavours like strawberry or chocolate.

What is flavour?

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nanna8 Wed 07-Dec-22 23:18:00

Flavour is an ancient Roman term for one of the sons of Flavius.

What is a term?

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biglouis Thu 08-Dec-22 09:40:59

A large seabird related to gulls and just as likely to steal your fish and chips.

What are chips?

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henetha Thu 08-Dec-22 10:12:56

Chips are strange round things like coins and when you play certain games with the they rapidly disappear.

What is rapidly?

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Squiffy Thu 08-Dec-22 10:55:02

Rapidly is a lazy singer.

What is a singer?

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Doodle Thu 08-Dec-22 11:11:16

A singer is an iron left on clothing too long.

What is clothing?

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Mollygo Thu 08-Dec-22 12:25:37

A singer is an iron left on clothing too long. 🤣🤣🤣 Been there, done that!

Clothing is a hundred layers of deep dislike.
What is dislike?

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Wheniwasyourage Thu 08-Dec-22 17:55:05

Dis is like dat one over dere.

What is one?

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swampy1961 Thu 08-Dec-22 19:09:39

One is most displeased!!

What is most?

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MrsKen33 Thu 08-Dec-22 20:35:36

A slightly dry moist
What is dry?

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Doodle Thu 08-Dec-22 21:26:53

Dry is when you drink Idris (only for those old enough to remember 🤣)

What is drink?

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