Wordplays

But there were many great ideas — some Rocky Mountain-inspired names to match our location, some different-language possibilities that fit with her looks or circumstances, some European names since I said she seems a little old-fashioned and a bit British, and some lovely wordplays. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It's his satire -- and especially his way of using words -- puns, neologisms, wordplays, etc. -- to encourage his audience to think critically. ❋ Sophia A. McClennen (2011)

It is clear that MIÉVILLE is a master writer who enjoys his language – a lot of the aforementioned characters are, in fact, puns and various wordplays brought to life. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Colbert's wordplays offer new ways of thinking about pressing social issues. ❋ Sophia A. McClennen (2011)

The clever wordplays attributed to her would have made any Talmud student or zaddik proud. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The wordplays on 'rejection' heighten up the dramatic tension to the moment of ultimate crisis before the velocity and tempo drops into an anticlimax,pause, rejection, ashes...a possible ambiguous full stop. ❋ Floreta (2009)

Also, with the vinyl there were more often than not, some groovy wee wordplays and mis-quotes from Morrissey and Marr etched into the closing grooves ! ❋ Unknown (2009)

I loved the breezy motion like a waltz and how u threw in the wordplays amidst the rotatory breathlessness! ❋ Floreta (2009)

His fictional character, his storylines, his wordplays, his enemies and his interviews are simply brilliant. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The songs are built on intricate wordplays and hard-won insights; even when she's really ticked off she'll seldom raise her voice above a threatening whisper. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Don't bother responding with another one of your cute little wordplays, I won't be coming back to view it. ❋ David (2006)

Like "Harry Potter" creator J.K. Rowling, this author invents a world filled with strange divinations and wordplays. ❋ Unknown (2008)

If these sorts of wordplays and legalistic shenanigans to earn a "fresh" label seem absurd, so are the public's misconceptions that motivate food companies to sell their processed foods as fresh in the first place. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Poetic Obituaries: Raymond Devos, a Belgian comic whose whimsical wordplays entertained and delighted generations of French-speaking fans, died Thursday. ❋ Rus Bowden (2006)