Wordplay
17 entries
absurdplay · ettamollacheee · funlip · glostreptathlon · impunetrable · larrikynxia · paintster · paronomaze · pundelight · pung · pungommery · punjob · punnet · quipotent · quiptic · sparlay · traffiquiffoquiffuquiffy
absurdplay /әbˈsәːdpleɪ/
mass noun
the merry shuffling of ideas or words with the solemn aim of grotescalation.
[a blend of absurd + wordplay.]
ettamollacheee /ˌɛtәˈmɒlәtʃiː/
noun (plural ettamollacheees)
a harmless, drab bird of play with too much time on its wings.
[an animiminym from etta, the sound of its claws as it scratches the dirt + mollacheee! the triumphant call it makes when it chances apon a tidyrize.]
funlip /ˈfʌnlɪp/
mass noun
wordplay.
Synonym: larrikynxia, sparlay
- funlippy /ˈfʌnˌlɪpi/ adjective
[from fun + lip.]
glostreptathlon /ɡlɒˈstrɛptәˌθlɒn/
noun (plural glostreptathlons)
a contest in which the players take turns uttering increasingly difficult tongue-twisters.
- glostreptathlonical /ɡlɒˌstrɛptәˈθlɒnɪkәl/ adjective
[a blend of Greek γλώσσα glóssa 'tongue' + Ancient Greek στρεπτός streptos 'twisted' + Ancient Greek ἆθλον âthlon 'contest'.]
impunetrable /ɪmˈpʌnәtrәbәl/
adjective
making inscrutable plays on words.
Proxynonym: quiptic
- impunetrably adverb
- impunetrability /ɪmˌpʌnәtrәˈbɪlәti/ noun
[a blend of impenetrable + pun.]
larrikynxia /ˌlӕrәˈkɪŋksɪә/
mass noun
wordplay.
- larrikinx /ˌlӕrәˈkɪŋksɪәn/ adjective
[from Hoptanglish larrikynx + -ia.]
paintster /ˈpeɪntstә/
noun (plural paintsters)
someone who makes visual puns.
[a blend of paint + punster.]
paronomaze /ˈpӕrәnәˌmeɪz/
noun (plural paronomazes)
a labyrinth of wordplay.
- paronomazal /ˌpӕrәnәˈmeɪzәl/ adjective
[a blend of paronomasia 'pun' + maze.]
pundelight /ˈpʌndәˌlʌɪt/
verb (transitive) (pundelighted, pundelights, pundelighting, pundelightel; agent noun pundelighter (plural pundelighters))
1. to charm with wordplay.
mass noun
1. great enjoyment of wordplay.
[from pun + delight.]
pung /pʌŋ/
noun (plural pungs)
a lame pun.
- pungous /ˈpʌŋɡәs/ adjective
[a blend of pun + Australian informal bung 'useless'.]
pungommery /pʌŋˈɡɒmәri/
noun (plural pungommeries)
the practice of making words out of puns that don't exist.
- pungommerous /pʌŋˈɡɒmәrәs/ adjective
[from pun + an unknown element.]
punjob /ˈpʌnʤɒb/
noun (plural punjobs)
a session of wordplay.
[from pun + job.]
punnet /ˈpʌnәt/
noun (plural punnets)
a word created with a pun, such as ratsuristi or eikoor.
[a blend of pun + etymology + punnet ‘, a small fruit basket’.]
quipotent /ˈkwɪpәtәnt/
adjective
packing a pun.
- quipotently adverb
- quipotence /ˈkwɪpәtәns/ noun
[a blend of quip + Latin potentia 'power'.]
quiptic /ˈkwɪptɪk/
adjective
making puzzling puns.
Proxynonym: impunetrable
- quipticly adverb
- quipticity /kwɪpˈtɪsәti/ noun
[a blend of quip + cryptic.]
sparlay /ˈspɑːleɪ/
mass noun
wordplay.
Synonym: larrikynxia, funlip
- sparlayful /ˈspɑːleɪfʊl/ adjective
- sparlayfully adverb
- sparlaybo /ˈspɑːleɪbәʊ/ noun someone who engages in sparlay.
[a blend of spar + parley. in the sense 'speech' + play.]
traffiquiffoquiffuquiffy /trӕˌfiːkwɪˌfәʊkwɪˈfʌkwɪˌfʌɪ/
verb (transitive or intransitive) (traffiquiffoquiffuquiffied, traffiquiffoquiffuquiffies, traffiquiffoquiffuquiffing, traffiquiffoquiffuquiffiel; agent noun traffiquiffoquiffuquiffier (plural traffiquiffoquiffuquiffiers))
to smuggle puns over borders of decency.
- traffiquiffoquiffuquiffication /trӕˌfiːkwɪˌfәʊkwɪˌfʌkwɪfɪˈkeɪʃәn/ noun (plural traffiquiffoquiffuquiffications)
[a blend of traffic + equivoque 'pun' + English slang quiff 'a dodge' + fuck + English obsolete quiff 'to copulate with' + -fy.]