r/wordplay

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What’s the name for a word or words that sound like other words

For example I’ll ask her sounds like Alaska, or catch it sounds like cat shit, pastor, can sound like pasta or past her. Or ratchet sounds like rat shit or ajar sounds like a jar or elevator could be elevate her I’ve scoured the internet and but no description seems to match what I am putting out. I’ve gotten that into this I’ve started making a list of them in my phone whenever I come across a new one 🤣

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u/Thin-Department-1653 — 2 days ago
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I just beat cancer….need invite captions

So I’m planning a celebratory get together for beating cancer and i need some fun, unique captions/wordplays for the invite. Here’s what I have so far

- Cancer Lost to Someone with Better Taste
-That cancer was so last season (i work in fashion lol)
- in my cancer free era

Anything helps. Thank you!

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u/Initial_Strategy3703 — 4 days ago

what's a good wordplay name for a mixture of pasta/spaghetti and octopus?

i've been thinking about drawing a spaghetti/octopus mixture for a bit but i haven't thought of a good wordplay name yet. would anyone be able to give a suggestion?

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u/canadiankidwho2 — 5 days ago

Intentional Misnomers (Wordplay) re: Entertainment

What are your favorite intentional misnomers?

Here are a few of mine (yes, I know some of these are quite common):

Genre: Video Games

Title: Spiritfarer

Misnomer: Sprintfarter

Genre: TV Series

Title: Game of Thrones

Misnomer: Game of Patron

Title: Law & Order SVU

Misnomer: Law & Order SUV

Genre: Movies

Title: Moonfall

Misnomer: Moon Plummet

(I have one for "Snowpiercer" but it's NSFW lol)

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u/Ambitious_Pound3393 — 7 days ago