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Aside from the signs, Mr. Hurt's name has spawned all sorts of wordplay attacks.
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Much of this wordplay is clever, though there's something off with the plotting.
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The character's name is wordplay on that of the historical pirate, Jean Lafitte.
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Regular themes in his contributions were elaborate wordplay and musical numbers.
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Some seemed surprised at its antic nature, with lots of wordplay and zany action.
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There's a balance to the whole thing such that it begins to feel like wordplay.
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A monologue about Dracula read by Fry, consisting largely of puns and wordplay.
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If you haven't already figured it out, Arthur has an inveterate love of wordplay.
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Watson is at a disadvantage when it comes to humor, wordplay, irony, and so forth.
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- Pun: a humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his constant punning irritated her"
- Word play or wordplay is a literary technique in which the words that are used become the main subject of the work. ...
- Wordplay is the 11th studio album & 13th album overall by Christian parody band ApologetiX. It was their 1st album of entirely new music since 2003's Adam Up.
- Wordplay is a 2006 documentary film directed by Patrick Creadon. It features Will Shortz, the editor of the New York Times crossword puzzle, crossword constructor Merl Reagle, and many other noted crossword solvers and constructors. ...
- Wordplay is an American game show which ran on NBC from December 29, 1986 to September 4, 1987, replacing the soap opera Search for Tomorrow. It was hosted by Tom Kennedy (occasional celebrity guest Jamie Farr filled in for one week) and announced by Charlie O'Donnell. ...
- Wordplay (born Tao Rogers-Wright, 11 November 1984) is a musician/actor, of mixed British and Black African descent. Gaining worldwide exposure as an actor in 1998 through the Austrian Obscuro Gothic science fiction film "Dandy dust" directed by Hans Schierl. ...
- "Wordplay" is a song by Jason Mraz released as the first single from his 2005 album Mr. A-Z. The song was Mraz's second entry on the Billboard Hot 100 at #81 after "The Remedy (I Won't Worry)".
- "Wordplay" is the first segment of the second episode of the first season (1985-1986) of the television series The New Twilight Zone.
- Wordplay is a game show presented by Jenny Powell and sometimes Jenni Falconer. It airs live weekdays on UK terrestrial channel Five.
