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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?

Mollygo Sat 05-Nov-22 11:46:46

A floor is when something is wrong with a product. If it’s noticeable you might get a discount.
What’s a discount?

foxie48 Sat 05-Nov-22 11:26:27

They are what you put on d'floor. What's a floor?

Retread Sat 05-Nov-22 11:11:26

Oops ignore me.

Retread Sat 05-Nov-22 11:10:53

Short, er ... is the opposite of tall and lanky. What is lanky?

biglouis Sat 05-Nov-22 11:10:50

Snorter is the act of using both recreational and prescription drugs for pleasure

What are drugs?

henetha Sat 05-Nov-22 10:10:11

Hiking is a very tall monarch, unlike our own dear King Charles who seems shorter than he used to be.
What is shorter?

Mollygo Sat 05-Nov-22 08:15:33

Rank is the smell from the flytipping we passed when we were hiking.

What is hiking?

biglouis Fri 04-Nov-22 23:25:22

An intendant is a high-ranking official or administrator, especially in France, Spain, or Portugal.

What is rank?

Retread Fri 04-Nov-22 22:08:24

Mollygo I was just thinking that too. Funny, and fun! And clever.

Expense is what the shop attendant said when she wouldn't accept pennies. What is an attendant?

Mollygo Fri 04-Nov-22 22:03:04

Can I say that this thread is always entertaining and sometimes very funny. My mind is currently full of images of chic hens-in berets!
Layers are different depths of colour in hair, achieved by balayage usually at great expense.
What’s expense.

fairfraise Fri 04-Nov-22 19:52:39

Chic hens are layers that have been preened and are off to the Poultry Fanciers Show. What are layers?

MissAdventure Fri 04-Nov-22 12:54:21

It's the name for a group of chickens.

What is a chicken?

Retread Fri 04-Nov-22 12:40:02

Facets is a Face Time call with youngest son (hence the lowercase "s"). What is hence?

MrsKen33 Fri 04-Nov-22 10:17:16

Anything really that is difficult to disentangle, takes ages and has lots of facets.

What are facets?

henetha Fri 04-Nov-22 09:56:32

High is a method of greeting, slapping someone's hand and for some reason the number five is involved.
What is involved?

MissAdventure Fri 04-Nov-22 09:03:09

It's a state of being that occurs around the time of a general election, and is expected to be at an all time high at the time of the next one.

What is high?

Mollygo Fri 04-Nov-22 08:46:14

A convention is a convent with an atom of net electrical charge.
What is electrical

Retread Fri 04-Nov-22 08:01:03

Alternatives are local people who don't follow convention. What is convention?

biglouis Fri 04-Nov-22 07:28:07

Hobson's choice can leave you with no alternatives.

What are alternatives?

Nana3 Thu 03-Nov-22 22:59:32

A doorway is a choice between a push or a pull.
What is a choice?

biglouis Thu 03-Nov-22 22:46:13

A type of doorway similar to an exit but only for thin people

What is a doorway?

LadyHonoriaDedlock Thu 03-Nov-22 19:42:13

A faster is somebody who is not eating.

What's anorexia?

foxie48 Thu 03-Nov-22 18:39:10

A runner is like a walker but faster. What's a faster?

Retread Thu 03-Nov-22 17:05:22

A blade is part of the title of the film Blade Runner. What is a runner?

Mollygo Thu 03-Nov-22 15:59:28

D’itch ir what I get just below my left shoulder blade every night at around 9 o’clock.
What is a blade?

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