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▸ noun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see word, play.
▸ noun: A technique in which the nature of the words used become part of the subject of the work, such as puns, phonetic mix-ups such as spoonerisms, obscure words and meanings, clever rhetorical excursions, oddly formed sentences, and telling character names.
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▸ noun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see word, play.
▸ noun: A technique in which the nature of the words used become part of the subject of the work, such as puns, phonetic mix-ups such as spoonerisms, obscure words and meanings, clever rhetorical excursions, oddly formed sentences, and telling character names.
Similar:
wordplay,
child's play,
play upon words,
nameplay,
figure of speech,
palabra,
adnominatio,
playwrite,
playception,
paronomasia,
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