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Oscar Wilde was famous for his witty wordplay.
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Wayne trounced his competition with punishing punchlines and steely wordplay.
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Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 6 June 2025
Like the show they were based on, the movies were spoofs of popular police procedurals rife with sight gags, non-sequiturs, and Abbott and Costello-like wordplay.
—Mike Miller Published, EW.com, 7 May 2025
Together with bass player Zeta Bosio and drummer Charly Alberti, Cerati proved from the onset that his band’s regal melodies and Spanish wordplay were just as seductive as the polished radio hits in English that dominated the airwaves.
—Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 3 May 2025
The wordplay ultimately turned out to be a trap set by god of death Sutekh, who was using Ms Triad as his emissary on Earth.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 May 2025
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Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 6 June 2025
Like the show they were based on, the movies were spoofs of popular police procedurals rife with sight gags, non-sequiturs, and Abbott and Costello-like wordplay.
—Mike Miller Published, EW.com, 7 May 2025
Together with bass player Zeta Bosio and drummer Charly Alberti, Cerati proved from the onset that his band’s regal melodies and Spanish wordplay were just as seductive as the polished radio hits in English that dominated the airwaves.
—Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 3 May 2025
The wordplay ultimately turned out to be a trap set by god of death Sutekh, who was using Ms Triad as his emissary on Earth.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 May 2025
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“Wordplay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wordplay. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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wordplay
noun
word·play
ˈwərd-ˌplā 
: wit that is based on the clever use of words
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