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wordplay

[ wurd-pley ]

noun

  1. clever or subtle repartee; verbal wit.
  2. a play on words; pun.


wordplay

/ ˈ·Éɜ˻åËŒ±è±ô±ðɪ /

noun

  1. verbal wit based on the meanings and ambiguities of words; puns, clever repartee, etc
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of wordplay1

First recorded in 1870–75; word + play
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In them, characters burst with life through his wordplay and fervent philosophical opinions.

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Even at its most brooding, “Gemini†is enlivened by amusing wordplay and Heynderickx’s wry delivery.

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Now, she says, a song’s success is less about its hookiness or wordplay than about “whether you go, ‘Oh my God, I literally texted that to my friend yesterday.’â€

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But Carpenter hits her wordplay climax in “Juno†where she uses the movie name as a reference to pregnancy.

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It’s very silly, but the naughty wordplay in the song is clever, and the crane shot with the boys swinging their legs in the air toward the camera is sublime.

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