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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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Mollygo Thu 12-Jan-23 03:21:11

Loo is a dwelling place for US loo tenants.

What’s a tenant?

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nanna8 Thu 12-Jan-23 03:47:50

A tenant is an ant with ten legs. An endangered species found only in a desert climate.
What is a climate?

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Retread Thu 12-Jan-23 05:44:05

A climate is a primate that is well informed about global warming. What is informed?

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BlueBelle Thu 12-Jan-23 07:11:27

Ahh now informed that’s when youre so befuzzled by filling in a form you actually stay in for days to work it out
What is actually ?

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biglouis Thu 12-Jan-23 11:34:46

Actuaries use mathematical skills to calculate the probability and risk of future events.

What is mathematical?

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swampy1961 Thu 12-Jan-23 23:35:59

It's short for Ma(ke) them a ti(mes) cal(culation)

What is times?

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Mollygo Fri 13-Jan-23 09:58:51

A square to visit when you fly across the ocean.

What is a square?

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Wheniwasyourage Fri 13-Jan-23 10:32:53

A square is a thing you bash.

What is you?

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Doodle Fri 13-Jan-23 11:00:12

You is a bend in the toilet that stops the smells returning.

What are smells?

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biglouis Fri 13-Jan-23 12:02:15

To "smell a rat" can be a pretty unpleasant experience particularly if the rat is long dead!

What is a rat?

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Mollygo Fri 13-Jan-23 13:26:16

A rat is part of a knock on the door.
What is a door?

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Squiffy Fri 13-Jan-23 13:36:26

A door is something that unexpectedly slams shut when you’ve left the keys in the house.

What is unexpectedly?

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Retread Fri 13-Jan-23 13:48:51

Unexpectedly is when the baby comes early and you are no longer expectant.

What is expectant?

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Mollygo Fri 13-Jan-23 13:57:48

Retread

Unexpectedly is when the baby comes early and you are no longer expectant.

What is expectant?

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Expectants is when you spilt sugar on the floor in the kitchen in the summer.

What is summer?

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henetha Fri 13-Jan-23 19:44:53

A summer is someone who is very good at adding up.
What is adding?

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swampy1961 Fri 13-Jan-23 20:29:33

Adding is when you add something to something to make a sum.

What's a sum?

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biglouis Fri 13-Jan-23 21:42:23

Some/sum is a way to refer to something unknown or unspecified.

What is unknown?

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swampy1961 Fri 13-Jan-23 23:28:21

One of Liam Neesons' films where the story doesn't make sense, but when it is solved everything has a simple explanation but there is still a twist in there somewhere.

What is solved?

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Retread Sat 14-Jan-23 07:03:28

Swampy grin

Solved is when you put salve on a scrape and it gets better.

What is a scrape?

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nana5852 Sat 14-Jan-23 07:49:10

A ‘bit of a scrape’ is something one gets into - often through carelessness, forgetfulness or other age related failings. What is age?

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Nana3 Sat 14-Jan-23 08:27:21

Age is something that goes up but never comes down.
An old joke, sorry folks.
What is down?

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MrsKen33 Sat 14-Jan-23 09:55:17

Down is the white stuff inside your duvet.

What is white?

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swampy1961 Sat 14-Jan-23 09:59:08

It's a way of looking in fact the opposite to up.

What is opposite?

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swampy1961 Sat 14-Jan-23 10:00:59

Crossed post!!

The bit of the eyeball which isn't coloured!!

What is eyeball?

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Juliet27 Sat 14-Jan-23 13:47:02

It’s a drink offered by someone who drops his aitches

What’s an aitch

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