Usage of "word play" | TermGallery

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Form of wit in which words used become the main subject of the work.

Использование термина word play на английском

Both the poetry and word play are well matched to Simmons's pieces. 
 Ebony 

I would think that word play is very difficult to transpose. 
 The new yorker 

She admires the word play and the fact that it contains life lessons. 
 Radio NZ 

Ecuador had a strange political footnote (yes it is a word play). 
 The South African 

A mere man is at a terrible disadvantage in word play of this kind. 
 The Lilac Sunbonnet: A Love Story 

With all the word play, have there been difficulties in translating it into other languages. 
 The new yorker 

It might take the form of gentle teasing, clever word play or plain old silliness. 
 BBC 

The use of word play, for example. 
 The new yorker 

Something about having that whale of a book right there in front of them inspired word play. 
 Wired 

A little word play designed to entice. 
 Love- from his point of view! 

Foolish Pride I strummed and strummed and hit record, combining song structure with word play, repetition and symmetry. 
 Radio NZ 

There is simple word play here; the beginning and end of the riddle give the word S(in)ampal-oc. 
 A Little Book of Filipino Riddles 

Performances, workshops, a Tree Trail and a Word Walk will introduce school groups to all kinds of word play. 
 The Irish Times 

Dad jokes, word play and wise-cracks are the order of the day as Wellington's Pun Battle kicks off tonight. 
 Radio NZ 

The word play is entertaining, the shaped poems are visually interesting, and the clues are cleverly mixed into the text. 
 Wired 

She says the books were from the widely available Lolicon variety -a Japanese word play on "Lolita." 
 Wired 

Translations for word play

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Значения термина word play на английском