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holy shit twitter is actually cooked my post here got way more comments and impressions, despite me having a tiny fraction of the followers so far bluesky fucking rules

Kayex

@kayex.net

You can say that the skies are a lot bluer here, haha (That’s what we in the industry like to call “clever wordplay”. Wordplay is a literary technique and a form of wit in which words used become the main subject of the work, primarily for the purpose of intended effect or amusement. Examples of wo

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sikyu

@shirtofsouls.bsky.social

8 Dec 2024

rd play include puns, phonetic mix-ups such as spoonerisms, obscure words and meanings, clever rhetorical excursions, oddly formed sentences, double entendres, and telling character names (such as in the play The Importance of Being Earnest, Ernest being a given name that sounds exactly like the adj

HunterBoy344

@hunterboy344.bsky.social

9 Dec 2024

ective earnest). Word play is quite common in oral cultures as a method of reinforcing meaning. Examples of text-based (orthographic) word play are found in languages with or without alphabet-based scripts, such as homophonic puns in Mandarin Chinese.