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Oscar Wilde was famous for his witty wordplay.
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And there is some self-referential wordplay that resembles some old patterns that are really playful and watchable.
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 25 Feb. 2025
The puzzles are rarely straightforward, using homophones and wordplay, among other techniques, to challenge players.
—Theo Burman, Newsweek, 22 Feb. 2025
There’s plenty such wordplay in The Safe House, to the point that the movie can seem like a caricature of overeducated, perpetually growling Parisians shouting for social change, but too self-centered and comfortable in their bourgeois lifestyles to do anything drastic about it.
—Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2025
Isbell’s authoritative vocal performance also highlighted his savvy wordplay and observations, tools that reinforced his music’s tight links with descriptive language and honest perspective.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 25 Feb. 2025
The puzzles are rarely straightforward, using homophones and wordplay, among other techniques, to challenge players.
—Theo Burman, Newsweek, 22 Feb. 2025
There’s plenty such wordplay in The Safe House, to the point that the movie can seem like a caricature of overeducated, perpetually growling Parisians shouting for social change, but too self-centered and comfortable in their bourgeois lifestyles to do anything drastic about it.
—Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2025
Isbell’s authoritative vocal performance also highlighted his savvy wordplay and observations, tools that reinforced his music’s tight links with descriptive language and honest perspective.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
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“Wordplay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wordplay. Accessed 5 Mar. 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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