wordplay
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What follows are flights of wordplay, jokes, tragedies and rhymes “meant to be spoken aloud, as a form of conjuring back.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
It is interesting how this euphemism in particular has gained such widespread use, though of course the practice of wordplay is really anything but new.
From Salon • May 8, 2026
Despite this, Wardle and a team of collaborators recently launched Parseword, a wordplay game inspired by Wardle's attempts to get to grips with cryptic crossword puzzles.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
The banter between Hamlet and the gravedigger allows for the kind of witty wordplay that is Izzard’s stand-up stock-in-trade.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026
I guessed that Falconer would not be able to resist a bit of wordplay, and I was right.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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