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What (who) is word-play - definition

FORM OF WIT IN WHICH WORDS USED BECOME THE MAIN SUBJECT OF THE WORK

Play on words; Plays on words; Wordplay; Play-on-words; Word-play

word play

Word play

Word play or wordplay (also: play-on-words) is a literary technique and a form of wit in which words used become the main subject of the work, primarily for the purpose of intended effect or amusement. Examples of word play include puns, phonetic mix-ups such as spoonerisms, obscure words and meanings, clever rhetorical excursions, oddly formed sentences, double entendres, and telling character names (such as in the play The Importance of Being Earnest, Ernest being a given name that sounds exactly like the adjective earnest).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_play

play on words

(plays on words)

A play on words is the same as a pun
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Wikipedia

Word play

Word play or wordplay (also: play-on-words) is a literary technique and a form of wit in which words used become the main subject of the work, primarily for the purpose of intended effect or amusement. Examples of word play include puns, phonetic mix-ups such as spoonerisms, obscure words and meanings, clever rhetorical excursions, oddly formed sentences, double entendres, and telling character names (such as in the play The Importance of Being Earnest, Ernest being a given name that sounds exactly like the adjective earnest).

Word play is quite common in oral cultures as a method of reinforcing meaning. Examples of text-based (orthographic) word play are found in languages with or without alphabet-based scripts, such as homophonic puns in Mandarin Chinese.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word play

Examples of use of word-play

1. Advertisement Zeitungszeugen, a word play on the German words for newspaper and witness, focuses on newspapers from the years the Nazis were in power – from 1'33 to 1'45.

2. In his judgment the Judge hinted at his admiration for some the cunning word–play devices in The Da Vinci Code.

3. Word play, double entendres and puns used to be a feature of British comedy, but they can work only when the participants have a decent grasp of our language and culture.

4. On an average comedy show night at Tel Aviv‘s Tzavta, you can sit for hours and watch wiry, dark men perform monologues heavy on imitations, word play and no–mercy insult comedy.

5. In this clever novel laced with word play, a nameless ‘nomenclatural consultant‘ seeks to establish the identities of persons, places, and things By Darryl Wellington A clever writer is like a bright schoolboy.