Vocabulary:
lcsh
Type:
Topic
Note:
Cassell dict. of literary and language terms, 1992 (wordplay: a witty exchange using ambiguous meanings of particular words)
Note:
Encarta world Eng. dict. (play on words: a pun)
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.
Note:
Note under Word games
