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Govende
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Govende is the name of a prank and game on the Usenet newsgroup alt.usage.english. The prank was initiated in 1996 by newsgroup participant Daniel McGrath, who posted a message to the newsgroup asking for the definition of the "word" govende (a nonsense word that he had made up himself). In subsequent threads on the newsgroup, a custom arose of providing a slightly skewed definition, then following the definition with a request for a definition of another word slightly related, in a humorous way, to the definition that was just provided. For example: : >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In English usage, what is a "govende"? >>>>>>>>>>>>>> A puppet-king with a bad cold. What's a marionette? >>>>>>>>>>>>> Anything from the earlybird menu. What's a raisons d'être? >>>>>>>>>>>> Grapes dried up and shriveled in the summer sun. What's au courant? >>>>>>>>>>> Shocking. What's electrocution? >>>>>>>>>> Japanese radio or telephone. What's a diet? >>>>>>>>> Nothing, it always smells like that here. What's a pheromone? >>>>>>>> Yes. Yes. Yes. Oh Baby! YES! What's a Carmelite? >>>>>>> Reduced-fat confectionery. What's Tofutti? >>>>>> A lactose-free sexual initiation rite of the Trobrianders. What is Cosi fan tutte? >>>>> A small ice-cream van playing Mozart melodies. What's a Neapolitan? >>>> A recently coined Metropolitan. What's an Orthodox Archbishop? >>> Dr Scholls in a seminary. What is the coming of the lord? >> The ritual that followed the washing of his hair. What's an ablution? > A cosmetic cream used to make tummy muscles look smooth. What's Botox? A cuckoo clock shaped like a bikini model. What's a bolero? (etc...) 
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