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Oscar Wilde was famous for his witty wordplay.
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Ryan is a poet who favors sideways, surprising, puzzle-worthy wordplay.
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A.o. Scott, New York Times, 13 June 2025
On the track, Wayne takes cues from Jay-Z putting on an elite display of repetition of wordplay.
—Pitchfork, 6 June 2025
Whereas those behind the morning anchors desk at Channel 4 New York deployed tame wordplay about lighthearted stories, fill-in nightly news host Denise (Johansson) applied the same technique to reports about gruesome crimes.
—William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2025
Everyone gives their all in this; Trixie (Math Kitty) has terrific wordplay, BenDeLaCreme (Goth Kitty) delivers a full character, and Kennedy (Diva Kitty) dances the house down boots.
—Barry Levitt, Vulture, 12 May 2025
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A.o. Scott, New York Times, 13 June 2025
On the track, Wayne takes cues from Jay-Z putting on an elite display of repetition of wordplay.
—Pitchfork, 6 June 2025
Whereas those behind the morning anchors desk at Channel 4 New York deployed tame wordplay about lighthearted stories, fill-in nightly news host Denise (Johansson) applied the same technique to reports about gruesome crimes.
—William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2025
Everyone gives their all in this; Trixie (Math Kitty) has terrific wordplay, BenDeLaCreme (Goth Kitty) delivers a full character, and Kennedy (Diva Kitty) dances the house down boots.
—Barry Levitt, Vulture, 12 May 2025
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“Wordplay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wordplay. Accessed 23 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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