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GOVENDE - a game of wordplay, puns, leaps of thought and trivia - GAME 3

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Juliet27 Sun 30-Jul-23 00:39:31

Continued from Game 2

What is belong

It’s when as a child you said you were just going out to play and your mother said ‘don’t be long, dinner’s nearly ready’

Retread Thu 14-Dec-23 11:25:11

A body can be busy i.e. a busybody, or it can be shamed by hurtful comments, but we all have them and without them we would just be a bundle of organs, bones and other elements needed for staying alive, so bodies are to be celebrated.

What is an organ?

biglouis Wed 13-Dec-23 15:31:54

A true friend is one on whom you could call to help you dispose of a body.

What is a body?

OldFrill Tue 12-Dec-23 23:56:55

My friend Ann at school used to shout "oy oy" to get your attention. We used to say "that's Annoying".

What's a friend?

biglouis Sat 09-Dec-23 11:23:43

If someone or something "takes the biscuit" it is especially annoying, surprising.

What is annoying?

Retread Fri 08-Dec-23 14:16:40

Drunk is when you dunk a biscuit and it dissolves into your tea, so it is dunked and drunked.

What is a biscuit?

henetha Thu 07-Dec-23 10:40:43

Sorry, should read

What is Drunk?

henetha Thu 07-Dec-23 10:39:31

Merry is a happy word. It can mean you are nearly drunk, or it can be the Australian way of proposing, - Will you merry me?"

DRUNK

biglouis Thu 07-Dec-23 00:05:17

Balance is something you are in danger of losing if you walk home from a merry night at the pub.

What is merry?

Retread Wed 06-Dec-23 15:14:49

Wealth is what you have when you have a healthy bank balance.

What is a balance?

biglouis Tue 05-Dec-23 00:23:06

The Veigles are a historical family known for their wealth so "inVeigles" are their friends and hangers on.

What is wealth?

Juliet27 Mon 04-Dec-23 21:46:59

It’s where my dog inveigles himself to be as close to me as possible.

What is inveigles?

Retread Mon 04-Dec-23 21:03:16

Complain is when you lay your laptop computer down for another day.

What is a laptop?

OldFrill Sun 03-Dec-23 22:54:10

When you complain to the GP receptionist that you are seeing a nurse, the receptionist says "oh doc u ment?"

What's complain?

biglouis Sun 03-Dec-23 16:04:56

Dom is a programming interface for web documents and a free dom is one you dont have to pay for.

What is a document?

Retread Sun 03-Dec-23 13:50:20

Excellent Henetha 😁

Whirly is when the bus driver says it is "twirly" (too early) to use your Freedom Pass and you say "Sorry I am whirly -way too early - this morning".

What is freedom?

henetha Sat 02-Dec-23 11:11:45

Online is when my washing is hung out on the whirly line in the back garden.

What is whirly?

biglouis Sat 02-Dec-23 01:57:01

GANT is an online clothing store with specialising in large sizes so caters to elegant elephants.

What is online?

henetha Thu 30-Nov-23 11:08:02

Polemic is an epidemic of people learning pole dancing.
They are not always elegant.

What is elegant?

Retread Wed 29-Nov-23 19:29:05

An argument is a debate with polemic.

What is a polemic?

biglouis Wed 29-Nov-23 09:31:19

If something is proved it is demonstrated by evidence or argument to be true.

What is argument?

OldFrill Tue 28-Nov-23 19:16:02

I dated a Norm who proved to have form, Norm is long gorn.

What's proved?

Retread Tue 28-Nov-23 14:31:49

Creepy is a word to describe certain behaviours that are outside the norms of acceptable behaviours.

What is a norm?

Gwyllt Tue 28-Nov-23 06:14:38

The slang word for an insect is a creepy crawly

What is creepy

BlueBelle Tue 28-Nov-23 05:35:26

Elegant is a small black insect that likes to live on peoples legs
What is an insect ?

OldFrill Tue 28-Nov-23 02:11:29

A Hunter is an encased pocket watch favoured by huntsmen for many centuries.

What's elegant?