Word play is a literary and narrative technique in which the nature of the words used themselves become part of the subject of the work. Puns, phonetic mix-ups such as spoonerisms, obscure words and meanings, clever rhetorical excursions, oddly formed sentences, and telling character names are common examples of word play. Word play is quite common in oral cultures as a method of reinforcing meaning. Interestingly enough, strictly visual orthographic word play is much less predominant than soun… (More on Wordplay)