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Recent Examples of wordplay
Artists who speak out against this use also typically wind up spawning a gleeful response from the admin, usually filled with lots of half-baked wordplay.
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2026
Layered within the show’s heartfelt humor is also sophisticated wordplay and cultural references.
—Liz Regalia, Parents, 31 Jan. 2026
The wordplay about fire and ice and ICE is cheap.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
Beyond spectacles, Chinese New Year is incomplete without subtle wordplay.
—Denni Hu, Footwear News, 23 Jan. 2026
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2026
Layered within the show’s heartfelt humor is also sophisticated wordplay and cultural references.
—Liz Regalia, Parents, 31 Jan. 2026
The wordplay about fire and ice and ICE is cheap.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
Beyond spectacles, Chinese New Year is incomplete without subtle wordplay.
—Denni Hu, Footwear News, 23 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wordplay
Noun
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Gosling seems like a strong fit given his knack for blending self-deprecating and sometimes oddball humor with some serious dramatic chops.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
26 Mar. 2026
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The Kennedy Center has presented the award since 1998 as a way to recognize those who have made significant contributions to humor and commentary in the United States.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Exceptionally well-written with equal parts spice, vinegar, wicked wit, and wonder how Charlie and Emma can possibly survive this unexpected turn in their lives after one simple question and one complicated answer threatens to blow everything up.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
31 Mar. 2026
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The level of stress the game conjures rivals that of the new Resident Evil installment, in which a young woman armed with only her wits and a pistol faces down ravenous monsters.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
31 Mar. 2026
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The jokes that really stood out, though, were all about our changing media landscape, whether the not-so-gentle ribbing of Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos finally embracing theaters, or Amazon being too much of a jack-of-all-trades, master of none.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
16 Mar. 2026
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Team Italy captain Vinnie Pasquantino is likely to get some good-natured ribbing from a few of his Royals teammates on Monday night.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
16 Mar. 2026
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Afroman celebrated his legal victory in a video on Wednesday after winning a defamation lawsuit filed by several Ohio sheriff's deputies who accused the rapper of mocking and allegedly lying about them in music videos, following a 2022 raid on his home.—
Angeline Jane Bernabe,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
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Mutch was likely made aware of Chandler’s mocking verses, as some of Chandler’s biographers suggest.—
Jake Lundberg,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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Here’s what winning a National Championship taught me about B2B sales 🏆 (kidding…kinda) 1.—
Greg Rosenstein,
NBC news,
22 Jan. 2026
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Just kidding, Kim’s is a real and rational response, but Natalie is not having it.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
31 Dec. 2025
Noun
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No fooling, April brings some pretty interesting surprises on Netflix.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Wordplay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wordplay. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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