Definition of wordplay
: playful use of words : verbal wit
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Oscar Wilde was famous for his witty wordplay.
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Clearly Grodd hates America and loves wordplay, making him the Legends’ most formidable villain to date.
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For those unfamiliar with the term, a promposal is a more creative way of asking someone to be your prom date, typically with a theme and some good ole wordplay.
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Part of Musgraves’ appeal has always been her down-to-earth storytelling and clever wordplay; on Golden Hour, her songwriting shifts into more personal and direct fashion, to impressive effect.
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The character highlighted Hader’s strengths: absurdist wordplay, scampish mischief, genuine ebullience.
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The idea of the collection comes from Madame Rykiel’s Dictionnaire Déglingué—full of quirky, literary wordplay and double meanings.
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Frequenting open mics as a teen, and finding inspiration from his favorite rapper Lil Wayne, Lanez sharpened his signature traits: versatility and sharp wordplay, delivered with a fiery flow that's consistently intense, sometimes even jaw-dropping.
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On a whimsical note, airlines sometimes do the numeric version of wordplay, Snyder said.
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Much like Kaplan’s gags, which traffic in heavy wordplay and do donuts in logical cul-de-sacs, his little pep talks on Twitter telegraph a comic wit of shockingly low cynicism — a refreshing antidote to the dominant mode of hate-everything humor.
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