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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 27-Dec-22 12:54:19

Tea is the first part of the word "tee-hee" which is what you text back when someone sends you a lame joke on WhatsApp and you couldn't be bothered to send a 😂 emoji.

What is bothered?

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Doodle Tue 27-Dec-22 13:53:35

Bothered is a blushing couple caught in a compromising position.

What is compromising?

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Retread Wed 28-Dec-22 06:53:32

Compromising is when you have made a promise to yourself to have a bowl of comforting soup on a freezing day.

What is a bowl?

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henetha Wed 28-Dec-22 10:24:12

A bowl is when you hold a medium sized black ball in your hand and hurl it along the ground towards a smaller white ball.

What is a ball?

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swampy1961 Wed 28-Dec-22 11:54:36

A very posh disco where the men wear black tie outfits and the women long flouncy dresses.

What is flouncy?

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Retread Wed 28-Dec-22 17:54:49

Flouncy is the dress you need to sweep out of the room with a sashay and without a backwards glance when you've had enough of whatever is being said or done.

What is enough?

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MrsKen33 Wed 28-Dec-22 18:10:29

Enough is enough !

What is is?

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biglouis Thu 29-Dec-22 01:53:39

isssss - the noise angry cats make when you torment them.

What is torment?

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BlueBelle Thu 29-Dec-22 06:49:39

Torment is when you are so excited to have a sweet you tear the paper of the mint in excitement and expectation
What is excitement ?

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Retread Thu 29-Dec-22 06:52:51

Excitement is what your ex cited you had done when it had me(a)nt something else entirely.

What is entirely?

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nanna8 Thu 29-Dec-22 07:26:42

Entirely is a description of the state of brand néw car tyres with no worn treads.
What are treads?

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biglouis Thu 29-Dec-22 17:30:26

Plait is an archait term for pleat which is a fold in a skirt.

What is a skirt?

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biglouis Thu 29-Dec-22 17:34:23

Sorry wrong posting!

To tread on eggshells means having a social event in the henhouse.

What is a hen?

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MrsKen33 Fri 30-Dec-22 02:31:49

In some areas a young girl.

What is a girl?

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Retread Fri 30-Dec-22 07:03:36

There once was a girl, who had a little curl, right in the middle of her forehead. When she was good, she was very, very good ... - you know the rest! smile

What is a middle?

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Wheniwasyourage Fri 30-Dec-22 08:06:10

A middle is the bit of you which seems to be expanding at this time of year for some reason.

What is expanding?

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biglouis Fri 30-Dec-22 10:51:08

Panding is urban speak for just messing about so ex-panding would be when your former partner just "messes about".

What is urban?

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Retread Fri 30-Dec-22 11:38:02

Urban is Keith Urban the country music singer who is married to a famous film star.

What is a film?

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Juliet27 Fri 30-Dec-22 12:12:55

Film is a covering over something you want to keep fresh

What is fresh

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Mollygo Fri 30-Dec-22 13:22:02

Fresh would describe the bedclothes that I’d like to sleep under, fresh every night. Water, fuel and finance mean that’s unlikely.
What’s unlikely?

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Fernbergien Fri 30-Dec-22 13:49:33

In your dreams !!!

What is a dream?

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Retread Fri 30-Dec-22 15:50:23

A dream can be interpreted.

What is interpreted?

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biglouis Sat 31-Dec-22 10:26:41

Mis-interpreted is when a young girl is doing the translating from one language to another.

What is language?

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MrsKen33 Sat 31-Dec-22 12:01:02

Very much like a long sausage I believe.

What is much?

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Mollygo Sat 31-Dec-22 13:24:16

Wasn’t he a miller’s son?
What is a miller?

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