word play

form of wit in which words used become the main subject of the work
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word play

Summary

word play is a genre[1]. It draws 21 Wikipedia views per month (genre category, ranking #1,617 of 119).[2]

Key Facts

  • word play's instance of is recorded as genre[3].
  • word play is a type of literary technique[4].
  • word play is a type of game[5].
  • word play is a type of wit[6].
  • word play is a type of usage[7].
  • word play's Commons category is recorded as Word play[8].
  • word play's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Word play[9].
  • word play's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[10].
  • word play's described by source is recorded as Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[11].
  • word play's different from is recorded as word game[12].
  • word play's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+14553'}[13].

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Definition and Type

word play's instance of is recorded as genre[3]. Recorded subclass of include literary technique[4], game[5], wit[6], and usage[7].

Why It Matters

word play draws 21 Wikipedia views per month (genre category, ranking #1,617 of 119).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . euskaltzaindia.eus. Retrieved . euskaltzaindia.eus. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Kordishal · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 33
    Instance of → genre
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ca', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'fy', 'he', 'hy', '
    Subclass of → literary technique, game, wit +1
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q483394]]"
  2. 16d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → play-on-words
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: play-on-words, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289950446|play on words (#289950446)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
  3. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → literary technique, game, wit +1
    Social media followers → {'amount': '+14553'}
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 11392, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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