wordplays

noun

plural of wordplay
as in comedies

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  1. comedies
  2. wits
  3. humors
  4. parodies
  5. riffs
Noun
  • American coming-of-age comedies rarely beat with such uncomfortable verisimilitude.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026
  • At its best, that instinct lends his comedies a shaggy warmth and a conspiratorial mood that suggests the filmmaker, character, and even viewers are all surviving the humiliation of modern intimacy together.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of comedies
Noun
  • Homer’s Odysseus survives on his wits as much as force of arms.
    — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 27 July 2026
  • As always, when using modern-era AI, keep your eyes open and your wits about you.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of wits
Noun
  • All that guessing will create herding and noise trading as the crowd chases the crowd like a dog chases its tail, in a futile attempt to get ahead of the next unpredictable change in what humors the Big Player.
    — Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
  • European colonists commonly believed that the balance of humors – yellow and black biles, blood and phlegm – circulating through one’s body was important for health.
    — Katherine Ott, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
Definition of humors
Noun
  • O’Donnell says she’s been told by Kimmel producers that song parodies are hard to get cleared for airing.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 25 July 2026
  • High-profile cameos from Richard Dreyfuss and Roy Scheider help these parodies retain the spirit of the original tales, and in a true indication of quality, King is rumored to have praised it.
    — Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 25 July 2026
Definition of parodies
Noun
  • Surf-rock riffs, punctuated with pockets of silence, eventually slacken in tempo for a glorious, slo-mo finish.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
  • Perhaps the best-known of the recent literary riffs on the Odyssey is Circe, written by Madeline Miller.
    — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 18 July 2026
Definition of riffs
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