Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Do you play with words?

What is the meaning of wordplay?
wordplay / (ˈwɜːdˌpleɪ / noun = verbal wit based on the ambiguities of words and their meanings, punning, puns, clever repartee, a humorous play on words, double entendre.  Example:  "I love playing with words!"
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I have played with words 
my whole life.  I've told the story before about spending most one summer with my aunt's family.  She had married a man named Witt, so on a phone call home to my folks, little 10-year-old me — knowing exactly what the words meant — announced:  "I'm now a half-Witt."  And I laughed like crazy.  Wasn't I "witty"?

Word of the Day
wit·ty /ˈwidē / adjective = showing or characterized by quick and inventive verbal humor.  Example:  "That was a witty remark."  Similar:  humorous, amusing, droll, funny, comic, comical, sparkling, scintillating, lively, entertaining, clever, jocular

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