wordplay

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It seems at first too clever for the grim subject matter, riffing on wordplay around “jeans” and “genes,” like the controversial American Eagle advertisements starring Sydney Sweeney from the past year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

And Amy Nicholson of the LA Times concluded: "William Shakespeare wouldn't be wowed by this domestic drama about his home life back in Stratford-upon-Avon. Where's the action? The wit? The wordplay?"

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026

Does Ellie have any sort of sense of wordplay?

From Salon • Nov. 2, 2025

Her videos are a mix of wordplay and cultural commentary and cover a range of topics from local literature to Kashmiri translations of English classics.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2025

Jonathan Swift has always been a favorite, but I can’t get over how clever his wordplay is throughout the novel.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken