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What (who) is wordplay - 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
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  • This business’s sign is written in both English and Hebrew. The large character is used to make the ’N’ in Emanuel and the ‘מ’ in עמנואל. This is an example of orthographic word play.
  • Many businesses use word play to their advantage by making their business names more memorable.  This business is located near the [[United Nations Headquarters]] and plays on the term [[UN Peacekeepers]].

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also word play
Wordplay involves making jokes by using the meanings of words in an amusing or clever way.
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Wordplay         
·add. ·noun A more or less subtle playing upon the meaning of words.
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¦ noun the witty exploitation of the meanings and ambiguities of words.

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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.

Examples of use of wordplay
1. Her inventions and wordplay are infectious and ingenious.
2. Alliteration, wordplay such as puns, and the use of acrostics are lost in translation.
3. "Metrosexual" went directly to "buzzword" because, annoyingly, it was wordplay, and a bit clever.
4. MARTIN PARKINSON LONDON NW5 Gainsbourg‘s wordplay Sir÷ It‘s not uncommon for Serge Gainsbourg‘s genius to outstrip the wit of his critics – particularly those hoping to render his exquisite French wordplay in simple English.
5. WWW.AMBIGRAM.COM; SUE WUNDER ILLUSTRATION BY DOUG HOFSTADTER; OTHERS FROM THE BOOK ‘WORDPLAY.‘ Wordplay By Sue Wunder Before you read this page, turn it upside down and you will notice two things.