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The definition of a play on words is the clever or witty use of language such that the language itself becomes funny or humorous or interesting.
word-games
Plural form of word game
pun (related)
A play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words.
word-play (related)
verbal wit
A word or phrase having a double meaning, especially when the second meaning is risqué.
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(Rhetoric) A pun or play on words
alliteration (related)
witticism (related)
one-liner (related)
malapropism (related)
light verse (related)
humor (related)
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