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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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swampy1961 Sun 18-Dec-22 13:39:14

Boss is a well known smelly aftershave

What is smelly?

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Wheniwasyourage Sun 18-Dec-22 15:54:51

Smelly is an affectionate nickname for a wine waiter, used by colleagues.

What is a colleague?

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Fernbergien Sun 18-Dec-22 16:32:18

A group of collie dogs.

What’s a group?

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swampy1961 Sun 18-Dec-22 16:35:20

Croup is a very nasty cough!!

What is a cough?

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biglouis Sun 18-Dec-22 16:43:05

If you cough up something you give it reluctantly, especially money

What is money?

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LadyHonoriaDedlock Sun 18-Dec-22 17:37:07

Money is, for most of us, a cruel illusion.

What is an illusion?

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Retread Sun 18-Dec-22 17:44:41

An illusion (Ilyushin) is a Russian aeroplane. What is a Russian?

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Retread Sun 18-Dec-22 17:45:08

... or a russian?

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MrsKen33 Sun 18-Dec-22 18:01:48

It is someone rushing to take something that is not theirs.

What is something ?

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BlueBelle Sun 18-Dec-22 18:05:48

Sum thing is when you add all the things together and get an answer
What is an answer ?

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swampy1961 Sun 18-Dec-22 20:23:44

The answer usually is the one you least expected.

What is the least?

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Doodle Sun 18-Dec-22 23:42:16

Least is the term for letting something go free the first time.

What is something?

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Retread Mon 19-Dec-22 12:54:23

Something is the word we already had three posts back, upstream! What is upstream?

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biglouis Mon 19-Dec-22 15:23:50

Up steam is what happens when you stoke an old puff puff train.

What is stoke?

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MrsKen33 Mon 19-Dec-22 18:29:42

It’s when you get a stick and poke it somewhere.

What is get?

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Mollygo Mon 19-Dec-22 19:25:42

Something you close to stop the sheep getting into your garden.
What’s sheep?

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Doodle Mon 19-Dec-22 20:03:24

It’s a device for women who need to use the toilet when there isn’t one available.

What is a toilet? (This thread is going downhill)

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swampy1961 Mon 19-Dec-22 22:09:24

It's a pan!!

What's a pan?

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Squiffy Mon 19-Dec-22 22:33:54

A pan is what you use to burn your dinner in. blush

What is dinner?

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Doodle Mon 19-Dec-22 22:55:28

Dinner, dinner, dinner, dinner. It’s the noise Batman makes when he’s coming (!) running.

What is noise?

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biglouis Tue 20-Dec-22 02:17:48

Noise is a big nose, all the better to sniff with (as the wolf said to Red Riding Hood)

What is sniff?

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Retread Tue 20-Dec-22 05:26:03

Sniff is what you do to indicate disdain. What is disdain?

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biglouis Tue 20-Dec-22 16:01:16

Dis dane is great - another way of describing a really big dog.

What is describing?

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Retread Tue 20-Dec-22 16:19:16

Describing is writing ✍️ that slowly disintegrates. What is disintegrate?

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Doodle Tue 20-Dec-22 16:32:45

I don’t know what is dis in de grate? It could be ash from a log fire.

What is log?

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