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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 Sat 21-Jan-23 05:15:31

grin

Ancient is being able to be prescient and predict how things will work out, because you are old and have acquired wisdom.

What is wisdom?

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nanna8 Sat 21-Jan-23 04:46:14

pneumonia is when ancient Roman plebs suddenly made good and came into money.

What is ancient?

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biglouis Fri 20-Jan-23 09:01:36

Its when your former partner breaths liquid into their lungs and gets pneumonia.

What is pneumonia?

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Retread Thu 19-Jan-23 17:04:48

Signing is what you do when you are exasperated.

What is exasperated?

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Mollygo Thu 19-Jan-23 14:01:08

Particulars are what you are asked for when signing in at an hotel.

What is signing?

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Squiffy Thu 19-Jan-23 13:12:15

Fee lines are lists of the charges for a particular service.

What is particular?

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biglouis Wed 18-Jan-23 23:53:14

Cat-chess is a game for highly intellectual felines.

What are felines?

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Squiffy Wed 18-Jan-23 23:06:08

Court is when you don’t run away fast enough and someone catches you.

What is catches?

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swampy1961 Wed 18-Jan-23 22:27:41

Oops!! What is court?

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swampy1961 Wed 18-Jan-23 22:27:01

It's the private room behind the court room where the judge can eat his jam butties have a rest during the breaks for recess.

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Doodle Wed 18-Jan-23 21:47:06

Polite is a a plastic bowl put under the bed for nighttime use instead of a heavy chamber pot.

What is a chamber?

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Retread Wed 18-Jan-23 16:14:56

Ignore me! Cross posts.

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Retread Wed 18-Jan-23 16:14:37

Lively is the way John Travolta steps out when he's stayin' alive. You can tell by the way he walks, he's a woman's man grin

What is a woman?

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Mollygo Wed 18-Jan-23 16:13:55

Lively is a polite way of describing children who rampage non stop through anywhere.

What is polite?

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BlueBelle Wed 18-Jan-23 16:01:11

Business is the home mummy and daddy birds make for their very lively busy babies
What is lively ?

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swampy1961 Wed 18-Jan-23 15:11:22

Patronising is attending a shop or venue where you may or may not do business.

What is business?

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biglouis Wed 18-Jan-23 14:56:36

A very iritating and patronising way of addressing women which some men use.

What is patronising?

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MissAdventure Wed 18-Jan-23 14:46:43

They're baby pugs.

What is baby?

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Juliet27 Wed 18-Jan-23 14:30:16

The group called The Pootic play at various pubs so it’s hereapootic/therapootic

What are pubs

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Retread Wed 18-Jan-23 13:41:40

(Let's do trustworthy and chatting...)

Chatting in confidence to someone trustworthy is therapeutic indeed.

What is therapeutic?

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Squiffy Wed 18-Jan-23 00:12:33

Sorry, wrong page! blush

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Squiffy Wed 18-Jan-23 00:11:40

How’s work? This is what you might ask when you’re chatting to someone.

What is chatting?

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biglouis Tue 17-Jan-23 23:26:09

Sound is street argot for someone reliable or trustworthy.

What is trustworthy?

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Retread Tue 17-Jan-23 18:19:14

Population is a pop song that also includes ululating, which is a high pitched wailing sound.

What is a sound?

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Wheniwasyourage Tue 17-Jan-23 16:09:05

Housework is either a daily necessity or something to be avoided at all costs. The population is divided.

What is the population?

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