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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 08-Jan-23 18:41:18

It's Man games! Meant to be about clever moves but I'm doubtful!!

What's doubtful?

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biglouis Mon 09-Jan-23 13:35:33

Old paintings are sometimes of doubtful origin which is a polite way of saying they are fakes.

What is fake?

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MrsKen33 Mon 09-Jan-23 14:13:35

A rake with a flat end.

What is an end?

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Doodle Mon 09-Jan-23 21:34:08

An end is a straight bit of road without a corner otherwise it would be a bend.

What is a corner?

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nana5852 Mon 09-Jan-23 21:43:18

Someone who runs a court investigating suspicious deaths. What is investigating?

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Squiffy Mon 09-Jan-23 22:06:27

In vestigating is what you wear in cold weather. In warmer weather you can divest yourself.

What is yourself?

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MrsKen33 Tue 10-Jan-23 04:53:47

Yourself is what you are always told to be. The real person in the mirror. .

What is a mirror?

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nanna8 Tue 10-Jan-23 05:35:09

A mirror is something that might reflect badly on yourself.

What is something ?

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Juliet27 Tue 10-Jan-23 06:59:06

A something is an anything that has more clout

What is clout

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Doodle Tue 10-Jan-23 10:06:31

A clout is the white thing floating in the sky just ready to dump a load of water on you when you haven’t got your umbrella.

What is umbrella?

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Mollygo Tue 10-Jan-23 10:28:15

Cinderella in the shade

What is shade

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Squiffy Tue 10-Jan-23 10:34:08

Shade is what you can see on a man’s face, usually at 5 o’clock when it becomes more of a shadow.

What is a clock?

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nana5852 Tue 10-Jan-23 11:04:23

A clock is what they say ‘down south’. It means to spot something or someone. What is ‘down south’?

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biglouis Tue 10-Jan-23 12:49:38

Australia is "down" from us so in theory we could dig a hole to get there.

What is a hole?

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Retread Tue 10-Jan-23 13:52:59

A hole is something that you dig yourself into when you make a faux pax and you don't know when to shut up. What is a faux pax?

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Retread Tue 10-Jan-23 13:54:07

Oops what is a faux pas ... (I blame autocorrect).

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Wheniwasyourage Tue 10-Jan-23 15:20:17

A faux pas is what you have taken when you end up ankle-deep in a puddle.

What is a puddle?

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swampy1961 Tue 10-Jan-23 17:11:02

Can be a humungous thing that soaks you when a car drives by or a fun thing that as a kid you loved to jump in!

What's jump?

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biglouis Tue 10-Jan-23 17:46:12

You can jump start a car by leaping on to it and bouncing up and down.

What is bouncing?

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henetha Wed 11-Jan-23 13:13:30

Bouncing is a special kind of modern castle which children in particular seem to enjoy.

What is a castle?

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biglouis Wed 11-Jan-23 13:26:55

A high castle is where royals and Westminster politicos live to look down on "the people"

What are royals?

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nana5852 Wed 11-Jan-23 14:18:30

Island spuds. Pricier than the common or garden variety. What is common?

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LadyHonoriaDedlock Wed 11-Jan-23 15:04:17

The common is what was stolen from the goose.

What's a goose?

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MrsKen33 Wed 11-Jan-23 17:21:16

Some one doing something unpleasant and unexpected to your bottom.

What is unpleasant?

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biglouis Thu 12-Jan-23 01:21:50

Unpleasant is the result when you run to the loo after taking senokot max!

What is the loo?

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