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A humorous play on words; such plays on words collectively.countableuncountable
- Even this modest wordplay was an outlier: Sagers counted only three backronyms across the ’70s and ’80s.
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A witty verbal exchange; such exchanges collectively.countableuncountable
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The part of a cryptic clue that indicates but does not define the solution.countableuncountable
- delete the T from another part in the wordplay
- However, some clues include words that do not form part of the wordplay or the definition.
syn. joke