Form of wit in which words used become the main subject of the work.
1Both the poetry and word play are well matched to Simmons's pieces.
2I would think that word play is very difficult to transpose.
3She admires the word play and the fact that it contains life lessons.
4Ecuador had a strange political footnote (yes it is a word play).
5A mere man is at a terrible disadvantage in word play of this kind.
6With all the word play, have there been difficulties in translating it into other languages.
7It might take the form of gentle teasing, clever word play or plain old silliness.
8The use of word play, for example.
9Something about having that whale of a book right there in front of them inspired word play.
10A little word play designed to entice.
11Foolish Pride I strummed and strummed and hit record, combining song structure with word play, repetition and symmetry.
12There is simple word play here; the beginning and end of the riddle give the word S(in)ampal-oc.
13Performances, workshops, a Tree Trail and a Word Walk will introduce school groups to all kinds of word play.
14Dad jokes, word play and wise-cracks are the order of the day as Wellington's Pun Battle kicks off tonight.
15The word play is entertaining, the shaped poems are visually interesting, and the clues are cleverly mixed into the text.
16She says the books were from the widely available Lolicon variety -a Japanese word play on "Lolita."
Translations for word play