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Oscar Wilde was famous for his witty wordplay.
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Take note of the clever literary allusions and wordplay that might have gone over your head back in elementary school.
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Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 7 Dec. 2025
The wordplay is as colorful as the sonics are sedate, tag-team player parables sailing over production seeking a slippery middle ground between East and West Coast throwback jams.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
On The Face of 68, Holsapple’s superb songwriting—the trademark hooks, melodies, and wordplay—is on abundant display.
—Air Mail, 29 Nov. 2025
Related Stories Stoppard, who fled Czechoslovakia as a child during Nazi rule and eventually settled in England, was a master stylist of language, perhaps best known for his clever wordplay.
—Laura Clark, Variety, 29 Nov. 2025
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Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 7 Dec. 2025
The wordplay is as colorful as the sonics are sedate, tag-team player parables sailing over production seeking a slippery middle ground between East and West Coast throwback jams.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
On The Face of 68, Holsapple’s superb songwriting—the trademark hooks, melodies, and wordplay—is on abundant display.
—Air Mail, 29 Nov. 2025
Related Stories Stoppard, who fled Czechoslovakia as a child during Nazi rule and eventually settled in England, was a master stylist of language, perhaps best known for his clever wordplay.
—Laura Clark, Variety, 29 Nov. 2025
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“Wordplay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wordplay. Accessed 14 Dec. 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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