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  2. Word play - Wikipedia

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    Word play is closely related to word games; that is, games in which the point is manipulating words. See also language game for a linguist's variation. Word play can cause problems for translators: e.g., in the book Winnie-the-Pooh a character mistakes the word "issue" for the noise of a sneeze , a resemblance which disappears when the word ...

  3. List of forms of word play - Wikipedia

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    Caesar shift: moving all the letters in a word or sentence some fixed number of positions down the alphabet; Techniques that involve semantics and the choosing of words. Anglish: a writing using exclusively words of Germanic origin; Auto-antonym: a word that contains opposite meanings; Autogram: a sentence that provide an inventory of its own ...

  4. Wordplay (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Wordplay is a literary technique in which the nature of the words used themselves become part of the subject of the work. Wordplay may also refer to: Film and television

  5. Word game - Wikipedia

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    In a paper and pencil game, players write their own words, often under specific constraints. For example, a crossword requires players to use clues to fill out a grid, with words intersecting at specific letters. Other examples of paper and pencil games include hangman, categories, Boggle, and word searches.

  6. Trope (literature) - Wikipedia

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    Pun or paronomasia - A form of word play that exploits multiple meanings of a term, or of similar-sounding words. Antanaclasis – The stylistic trope of repeating a single word, but with a different meaning each time; antanaclasis is a common type of pun, and like other kinds of pun, it is often found in slogans.

  7. Boggle - Wikipedia

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    Using the sixteen cubes in a standard Boggle set, the list of longest words that can be formed includes inconsequentially, quadricentennials, and sesquicentennials, all seventeen-letter words made possible by q and u appearing on the same face of one cube. [2] Words within words are allowed, such as "mast" and "aster" within "master".

  8. Homonym - Wikipedia

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    The words there, their, and they're are examples of three words that are of a singular pronunciation, have different spellings and vastly different meanings. These three words are commonly misused (or, alternatively, misspelled). [14] there – "The bow shot the arrow there," he said as he pointed. their – "It was their bow and arrow." the ...

  9. Category:Word play - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Word play" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...