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Word play is a literary technique in which the nature of the words used themselves become part of the subject of the work. Puns, phonetic mixups such as spoonerisms, obscure words and meanings, clever rhetorical excursions, oddly formed sentences, and telling character names are common examples of word play.
All writers engage in word play to some extent, but certain writers are particularly adept or committed to word play. Shakespeare was a noted punster. James Joyce--whose Ulysses, and even more so, his Finnegans Wake, are filled with brilliant writing and brilliant word play--is another noted word-player. For example, Joyce's phrase "they were yung and easily freudened" clearly conveys the meaning "young and easily frightened", but it also makes puns on the names of two famous psychoanalysts, Jung and Freud.
Other writers closely identified with word play include:
- Lewis Carroll in his Alice books
- Willard R. Espy, who collected several anthologies of word play
- Vladimir Nabokov
- George Bernard Shaw. The well-known spelling of fish as ghoti comes from Shaw: " gh as in tough, o as in women, ti as in station".
- Van Dyke Parks
- Thomas Pynchon
RT @peeweeherman: Secret word of the day is... http://bit.ly/2CH8ij (click & press PLAY)
madfoot (madfoot) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:08:07 -0000
RT @peeweeherman: Secret word of the day is... http://bit.ly/2CH8ij (click & press PLAY)
Every single day/ Every word you say/ Every game you play/ Every night you stay, I'll be watching you....
ScripnicPhil (Felipe Scripnic) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:07:25 -0000
Every single day/ Every word you say/ Every game you play/ Every night you stay, I'll be watching you....
Only a 50 cent fan can like #beforeiselfdestruct even the lil wayne mixtape no ceilings has better word play
mr_ahh (Akobi Gill) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:58:33 -0000
Only a 50 cent fan can like #beforeiselfdestruct even the lil wayne mixtape no ceilings has better word play
#REMEMBER WE WAS HIGH & WE WAS WATCHIN MENACE TO SOCIETY & MIKEY WAS REPEATIN DHA MOVIE WORD FOR WORD -- HE PLAY TOO MUCHH @TRADMARKBARBIE
SHaNTRiLLaaaaaa (SHANTiA [ GG ENT. ) ) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:55:54 -0000
#REMEMBER WE WAS HIGH & WE WAS WATCHIN MENACE TO SOCIETY & MIKEY WAS REPEATIN DHA MOVIE WORD FOR WORD -- HE PLAY TOO MUCHH @TRADMARKBARBIE
ahhhh - emails - have to bump this @peeweeherman Secret word of the day is...click: http://bit.ly/2CH8ij & press PLAY
BensonDB (Benson DuBois) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:53:45 -0000
ahhhh - emails - have to bump this @peeweeherman Secret word of the day is...click: http://bit.ly/2CH8ij & press PLAY
@jennyt8675309 Do you guys ever play "word of the day" or "prof bingo"? #lawstudentsTOTALLYpayattentioninclass
k8thompson (Kate) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:53:31 -0000
@jennyt8675309 Do you guys ever play "word of the day" or "prof bingo"? #lawstudentsTOTALLYpayattentioninclass
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