Plays on words
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Scope of this subject
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.]
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Names and connections
Play of words; Play on words; Word play; Wordplay
- Broader: Semantics
- Broader: Wit and humor
- Narrower: Jitanjáforas
- Narrower: Plays on names
- Narrower: Puns and punning
Up to 40 narrower headings are shown. Full Library of Congress authority record
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Numeric address and provenance
Morton address: 326581616673703424 · morton4x16-v1
Coordinates: (0, 20, 19020, 12288). The address interleaves categorical identifier bits. Nearby addresses are not guaranteed to describe semantically similar subjects.
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