Editing Word play (section)

== Examples ==
[[File:UNPieceCleaners.jpg|thumb|Many businesses use word play to their advantage by making their business names more memorable.  This business is located near the [[United Nations Headquarters]] and plays on the term [[UN Peacekeepers]].]]
[[File:Emanuel at Ramat Aviv Mall in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.jpg|thumb|This business's sign is written in both English and Hebrew. The large character is used to make the ’N’ in Emanuel and the ‘מ’ in עמנואל. This is an example of orthographic word play.]]
Most writers engage in word play to some extent, but certain writers are particularly committed to, or adept at, word play as a major feature of their work . [[Shakespeare]]'s "quibbles" have made him a noted punster. Similarly, [[P.G. Wodehouse]] was hailed by ''[[The Times]]'' as a "comic genius recognized in his lifetime as a classic and an old master of farce" for his own acclaimed wordplay.<ref>"P. G. Wodehouse", ''The Times'', 17 February 1975, p. 14</ref> [[James Joyce]], author of ''[[Ulysses (novel)|Ulysses]]'', is another noted word-player. For example, in his ''[[Finnegans Wake]]'' Joyce's phrase "they were yung and easily freudened" clearly implies the more conventional "they were young and easily frightened"; however, the former also makes an apt pun on the names of two famous [[psychoanalysis|psychoanalysts]], [[Carl Jung|Jung]] and [[Sigmund Freud|Freud]].

An [[epitaph]], probably unassigned to any [[grave]], demonstrates use in rhyme.
:Here lie the bones of one 'Bun'
:He was killed with a gun.
:His name was not 'Bun' but 'Wood'
:But 'Wood' would not rhyme with gun
:But 'Bun' would.

[[Crossword|Crossword puzzles]] often employ wordplay to challenge solvers. [[Cryptic crossword]]s especially are based on elaborate systems of wordplay.

An example of modern word play can be found on line 103 of [[Childish Gambino]]'s "III. Life: The Biggest Troll".<blockquote>H2O plus my D, that's my hood, I'm living in it</blockquote>

Rapper [[Milo (musician)|Milo]] uses a play on words in his verse on "[[Plain Speaking Album|True Nen]]".<ref>{{Citation|title=Scallops hotel – True Nen|url=https://genius.com/Scallops-hotel-true-nen-lyrics|access-date=2021-12-03}}</ref>

:Keep any heat by the fine China dinner set
:Your man's caught the chill and it ain't even winter yet

A farmer says, "I got soaked for nothing, stood out there in the rain bang in the middle of my land, a complete waste of time. I'll like to kill the swine who said you can win the [[Nobel Prize]] for being out standing in your field!".

The ''[[Mario Party]]'' series is known for its mini-game titles that usually are puns and various plays on words; for example: "Shock, Drop, and Roll", "Gimme a Brake", and "Right Oar Left". These mini-game titles are also different depending on [[Video game localization|regional differences]] and take into account that specific region's culture.

Many of the books the character [[List of Wallace & Gromit characters#Gromit|Gromit]] in the [[Wallace & Gromit#Gromit|Wallace & Gromit series]] reads or the music Gromit listens to are plays on words, such as "Pup Fiction" ([[Pulp Fiction]]), "Where Beagles Dare" ([[Where Eagles Dare]]), "Red Hot Chili Puppies" ([[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]) and "The Hound of Music" ([[The Sound of Music (soundtrack)|The Sound of Music]]).