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wordplay

[ wurd-pley ]

noun

  1. clever or subtle repartee; verbal wit.
  2. a play on words; pun.


wordplay

/ 藞飞蓽藧诲藢辫濒别瑟 /

noun

  1. verbal wit based on the meanings and ambiguities of words; puns, clever repartee, etc
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of wordplay1

First recorded in 1870鈥75; word + play
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In them, characters burst with life through his wordplay and fervent philosophical opinions.

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Even at its most brooding, 鈥淕emini鈥 is enlivened by amusing wordplay and Heynderickx鈥檚 wry delivery.

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Now, she says, a song鈥檚 success is less about its hookiness or wordplay than about 鈥渨hether you go, 鈥極h my God, I literally texted that to my friend yesterday.鈥欌

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But Carpenter hits her wordplay climax in 鈥淛uno鈥 where she uses the movie name as a reference to pregnancy.

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It鈥檚 very silly, but the naughty wordplay in the song is clever, and the crane shot with the boys swinging their legs in the air toward the camera is sublime.

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