play on words

play on words
Synonyms and related words:
abuse of terms, acrostic, amphibologism, amphiboly, anagram, be merry with, calembour, corruption, crack a joke, crack wise, equivocality, equivoque, fleer at, fun, gibe at, jape, jest, jeu de mots, joke, josh, kid, kid around, logogram, logogriph, make a funny, make fun, make fun of, malapropism, metagram, missaying, mock, palindrome, paronomasia, poke fun at, pun, punning, quip, ridicule, scintillate, scoff at, sparkle, spoonerism, utter a mot, wisecrack, wordplay

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