Report forbidden joker on popular platform (9)
I believe the answer is:
bandwagon
'popular platform' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'report forbidden joker on' is the wordplay.
'report' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'forbidden' becomes 'banned' (banning is a kind of forbidding).
'joker' becomes 'wag' (I've seen this before).
'banned' is a homophone of 'band'.
'band'+'wag'+'on'='BANDWAGON'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bandwagon that I've seen before include "Fashionable movement" , "vehicle for musicians" , "something fashionable all of a sudden" , "everybody wants to be on it" , "Vehicle (jumped on when suddenly popular?)" .)