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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 Tue 01-Nov-22 17:07:19

A hole is black and out in deep space and aliens live there.
What is an alien?

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Mollygo Tue 01-Nov-22 16:19:11

A poster is something you put on the wall to hide the pin holes made by the last one.
What’s a hole?

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Retread Tue 01-Nov-22 14:54:41

A stew is what some Gransnetters occasionally get into when they don't like what a poster has said. What is a poster?

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LadyHonoriaDedlock Tue 01-Nov-22 14:10:58

Skirt is a piece of meat for slow stewing.

What's a stew?

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MrsKen33 Tue 01-Nov-22 14:03:30

Shocking is seeing the tops of stockings under a short skirt.

What is a skirt?

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Squiffy Tue 01-Nov-22 13:49:54

There are many kings - mocking, shocking, docking …

What is shocking?

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fairfraise Tue 01-Nov-22 13:32:44

Rich is one of several short forms of the name of one of England's most talked about Kings.
What are kings?

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Retread Tue 01-Nov-22 13:19:14

A pig is gip spelled backwards, which is how your tummy might feel when you've eaten too much rich food.

What is rich?

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henetha Tue 01-Nov-22 10:15:45

It's where pigs often live...

What is a pig?

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Namsnanny Tue 01-Nov-22 10:12:33

It's a jumbled up mis spelled nick name for a brooch, that sometimes pokes you.

What is poke?

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biglouis Tue 01-Nov-22 10:01:18

Poorly is how I feel after my covid jab

What is a jab?

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Mollygo Tue 01-Nov-22 09:43:38

I’ll is an autocorrect for when you’ve typed a word meaning that you are poorly.

What is poorly?

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foxie48 Tue 01-Nov-22 09:22:46

A shortened version of "we will" what's an "I'll"?

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icanhandthemback Tue 01-Nov-22 09:16:05

Chocolate is a wheel stopper with bad time keeping. What is a wheel?

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fairfraise Tue 01-Nov-22 08:56:34

Curly is a chocolate bar that's stopped dancing. What is chocolate?

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Mollygo Tue 01-Nov-22 08:40:08

A helluva is someone fixated on hair, long, short, straight or curly.
What is curly?

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Retread Tue 01-Nov-22 07:28:49

A bell can make a helluva noise if you're not expecting someone behind you on a bicycle. What's a hellavu?

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MissAdventure Tue 01-Nov-22 01:22:46

It's similar to dangly, but the difference is that a dingly makes a noise, (a bit like a bell) and dangly doesn't.

What's a bell?

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LadyHonoriaDedlock Mon 31-Oct-22 22:57:05

Middle is the centre of a small wooded valley.

What is dingly?

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biglouis Mon 31-Oct-22 22:50:08

Trouble is my middle name when someone crosses me

What is a middle?

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Mollygo Mon 31-Oct-22 17:32:52

A tranch is the sort of coat reputedly worn by flashers digging themselves into trouble.
What’s . . . Trouble?

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Retread Mon 31-Oct-22 14:47:13

No matter fairfraise let's stitch the replies together smile

A sweet teenager dug a trench in my garden for a water connection. What is a trench?

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fairfraise Mon 31-Oct-22 14:08:43

Sorry didn't see previous post!

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fairfraise Mon 31-Oct-22 13:29:52

Candidate is an evening with an American teenager. What is teenager?

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MissAdventure Mon 31-Oct-22 13:00:15

An evening out with someone who buys sweets.

What is sweet?

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