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Wit and humor > Plays on words
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Lexicology > Semantics > Plays on words

Preferred term

P304Plays on words  

Entry terms

  • Play of words
  • Play on words
  • Word play
  • Wordplay

Note

  • Here are entered works on the act or instance of playing upon words or speech sounds, especially to achieve a humorous or rhetorical effect. Works on games in which players compete in forming, thinking of, or guessing words according to a set of rules are entered under [Word games.]

Example

  • Note under [Word games]

Notation

  • P304

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/lcsh/sh85103372

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