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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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Retread Tue 25-Oct-22 07:31:34

Tall is thanks t'all for making this game enjoyable. What is enjoy?

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MrsKen33 Tue 25-Oct-22 04:44:26

Height is eight things tall.
What is tall?

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Mollygo Tue 25-Oct-22 02:37:14

Squashed is what happens to you if a large pumpkin shaped fruit lands on you from a great height.
What’s height?

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Namsnanny Tue 25-Oct-22 00:15:49

A road is a long black ribbon on the land, where you find squashed frogs and toads.

What is squashed?

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Squiffy Mon 24-Oct-22 23:40:28

A dragon is a wagon that’s lost its wheels and has to be dragged along the road.

What is a road?

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Mollygo Mon 24-Oct-22 23:32:10

Komoko is where Komodo dragons would live if a d replaces the second k.
What’s a dragon?

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Retread Mon 24-Oct-22 19:39:19

Aruba is where the Beach Boys go on the way to Kokomo. What is Kokomo?

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icanhandthemback Mon 24-Oct-22 18:51:37

Convicted is when you are covered in menthol cold rub. What is a rub?

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Namsnanny Mon 24-Oct-22 18:44:28

A person convicted of non consensual sex.

What is convicted?

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Retread Mon 24-Oct-22 18:38:53

Other is a female occupational therapist. What is a therapist?

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MrsKen33 Mon 24-Oct-22 17:26:20

A board is a word for two oars. One goes one way ,one the other at each side.
What is other?

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pandapatch Mon 24-Oct-22 16:34:16

A shuffle is a weighted disk that has lost it's board. What is a board?

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Squiffy Mon 24-Oct-22 16:25:18

A life is a file that’s been shuffled. What is a shuffle?

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Ashcombe Mon 24-Oct-22 16:11:24

A vitamin is a short life. What is life?

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LadyHonoriaDedlock Mon 24-Oct-22 16:00:09

A cake is a vital nutrient. What's a vitamin?

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Retread Mon 24-Oct-22 15:27:21

Zest is necessary for a lemon drizzle cake ?. What is a cake?

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Namsnanny Mon 24-Oct-22 12:15:42

A test is the pest that gives zest to examinations

What is zest?

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MrsKen33 Mon 24-Oct-22 06:04:02

It’s your next eye test to get new specs.
What’s a test ?

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Namsnanny Mon 24-Oct-22 01:14:08

Knees are bendy, and are used to show respect to different groups.

What is respect?

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MissAdventure Sun 23-Oct-22 22:52:50

It's what frightened knees do.
Hence the old english term "knee knockers.

What are knees?

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Namsnanny Sun 23-Oct-22 22:49:52

A game show that includes a lot of knocking,
What is knocking?

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MissAdventure Sun 23-Oct-22 20:50:20

It's what you have to do if there is no opportunity to shirk.

What is an opportunity?

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Retread Sun 23-Oct-22 20:10:16

A lisp is lips that have had work done. What is work?

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MiniMoon Sun 23-Oct-22 19:18:54

A mouth is a small rodent with a lisp.
What is a lisp?

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Retread Sun 23-Oct-22 16:37:00

A jam is what you get into when you open your big mouth. What is a mouth?

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