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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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biglouis Tue 03-Jan-23 12:55:41

Chew and spit is something the men do with tobacco in old Western movies.

What are movies?

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Squiffy Tue 03-Jan-23 12:55:05

Chew is a short sneeze. 🤧

What is short?

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Wheniwasyourage Tue 03-Jan-23 12:01:46

Joke is what you do when you take too big a mouthful and don't chew it properly.

What is chew?

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BlueBelle Tue 03-Jan-23 06:58:40

Spun is a hissing snake that tells jokes
What is a joke ?

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Juliet27 Tue 03-Jan-23 06:27:59

It’s when you’re picked up and spun round and round

What is spun

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Retread Tue 03-Jan-23 05:21:29

Add-er = brilliant! smile

List is what you do when you walk home from the pub singing I wouldn’t change you for the woooorld - after one too many.

What is a world?

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MrsKen33 Tue 03-Jan-23 05:01:55

It’s a long list of all the people who lived before you.

What’s a list?

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BlueBelle Mon 02-Jan-23 21:39:57

What is furry?
It’s an Irishman looking at the top of the Christmas tree

Whats a tree ?

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biglouis Mon 02-Jan-23 21:32:22

S-neeze is an allergic reaction to furry animals which makes your neeze shake.

What is furry?

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Juliet27 Mon 02-Jan-23 21:23:57

It’s an ache you get when you sneeze

What’s a sneeze?

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Doodle Mon 02-Jan-23 21:10:25

Guess who’s had too much 🍷
Try again.

An add der is a snake who’s good at maths.

What’s a snake?

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Doodle Mon 02-Jan-23 21:09:07

An add def is a snake that’s good at maths.

What is a snake?

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BlueBelle Mon 02-Jan-23 19:22:01

It’s when you add all the ‘things’ up
What is add?

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MrsKen33 Mon 02-Jan-23 19:04:07

Goggles is looking at something with astonishment.

What is something?

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swampy1961 Mon 02-Jan-23 17:53:44

Ah! Maz was in the Force Awakens - little creature with those weird myopic goggles!!

What is goggles?

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biglouis Mon 02-Jan-23 15:45:55

Maths are similar to paths in a maze - they have all kinds of twists and turns and only clever people understand them.

What is a maze?

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Juliet27 Sun 01-Jan-23 19:26:16

A table is something that spoilt a maths lessons if not learnt

What is maths

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Retread Sun 01-Jan-23 16:46:56

Lunch is a bunch of food that appears on the table around midday.

What is a table?

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Mollygo Sun 01-Jan-23 15:59:09

A flow . . is all that remains in my garden if I’m lucky, after the tortoise has been round and enjoyed lunch.
What is lunch.

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biglouis Sun 01-Jan-23 15:20:33

"Cipation" is urban speak for forward planning so anti-cipation is about people who prefer to go with the flow.

What is a flow?

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swampy1961 Sun 01-Jan-23 13:26:54

What happened there? It jumped!! Try again!!

Is this a sign of things to come in 2023? A foreboding or anticipation of good things to come??

What's anticipation?

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swampy1961 Sun 01-Jan-23 13:23:50

It is please as in s'il vous plait!!

What is vous?

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Retread Sat 31-Dec-22 22:08:50

Happen is the writing instrument you need to sign your name on a document.

What is a sign?

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MissAdventure Sat 31-Dec-22 17:31:37

It's what happens to your lippies, in cold weather.

What is happen?

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Juliet27 Sat 31-Dec-22 17:29:49

A Cheeky Chappie

What is a chappie

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