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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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MrsKen33 Sun 25-Dec-22 05:08:21

Ice and a slice? No, justice.

What is a slice?

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Retread Sun 25-Dec-22 10:05:46

If you add "urp" 🤭 to slice the vicar will have his surplice to wear to the Christmas service. What is a vicar?

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swampy1961 Sun 25-Dec-22 19:52:08

Geraldine was the vicar in the television comedy.

What is comedy?

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biglouis Sun 25-Dec-22 23:18:28

Comedy is "olde English" (as in Chaucer) for calling someone called Edward.

What is Chaucer?

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BlueBelle Sun 25-Dec-22 23:28:45

Chaucer is when you very very politely ask a man to do some mundane work for you can you do a choresir
What is work?

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Mollygo Sun 25-Dec-22 23:29:57

Chaucer is an abbreviation of cup and saucer
What’s an abbreviation?

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nanna8 Mon 26-Dec-22 01:31:31

An abbreviation is a pair of briefs which vary from the usual design.
What is vary ?

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Retread Mon 26-Dec-22 06:24:53

A vary naice day is what I hope everyone had yesterday. What is yesterday?

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MrsKen33 Mon 26-Dec-22 07:02:24

Yesterday has been and gone. What is been?

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BlueBelle Mon 26-Dec-22 07:06:03

Ahh now a been is a long thin thing I grow on my allotment
What is an allotment?

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biglouis Mon 26-Dec-22 10:49:58

A-lot-meant is when you get a crappy gift but are told "its the thought that counts" so you should be grateful.

What is grateful?

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swampy1961 Mon 26-Dec-22 11:17:43

When your fire grate is full of ashes.

What is ashes?

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Mollygo Mon 26-Dec-22 11:20:46

Ashes is when you get a tissue out or cover your mouth because you’re sneezing.

What is mouth?

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Retread Mon 26-Dec-22 12:15:42

Mouth is where the river delta meets the sea. What is a delta?

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Wheniwasyourage Mon 26-Dec-22 12:19:38

A delta is a Greek letter d.

What is Greek?

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swampy1961 Mon 26-Dec-22 14:50:43

A foreign language as in 'it's all Greek to me!!'

What is foreign?

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BlueBelle Mon 26-Dec-22 15:32:52

Foreign is when a king or queen reigns for at least four years
So what is a Queen ?

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Squiffy Mon 26-Dec-22 15:53:41

A Queen is a large bee, who rules over the drones.

What are drones?

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Retread Mon 26-Dec-22 17:34:44

Drones are people to be avoided at all costs at a party! What is avoided?

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Doodle Mon 26-Dec-22 21:08:44

Av-voided is what happens when you eat a dodgy avocado.

What is dodgy?

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Retread Tue 27-Dec-22 10:55:28

Dodgy is like someone who thinks they're doing just fine, but they're wrong.

What is wrong?

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Mollygo Tue 27-Dec-22 11:59:17

Wrong is the only word spelled correctly when you spell it wrong.
What is a word?

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biglouis Tue 27-Dec-22 12:21:32

Your word is something you give to others when they tell you a dirty little secret.

What is a secret?

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swampy1961 Tue 27-Dec-22 12:26:16

Victoria's Secret is luxurious scanty underwear!

What is scanty?

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BlueBelle Tue 27-Dec-22 12:47:12

Ahh ‘Scanty’ that s when you have to get your magnifying glass out to scan the tea bag to make sure it’s really got tea in it
What is tea ?

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