word play

It was more than word play.
C'était plus qu'un simple jeu de mots.
Jorge Videla, the leader of the 1976 coup d'état that devastated my country, was also very fond of word play.
L'ancien dictateur argentin, Jorge Videla, le maître d'œuvre du coup d'état qui a commencé à ravager mon pays en 1976, était lui aussi très friand de jeux de mots.
Yeah, it's a word play or a parody.
Ouais, c'est un jeu de mot ou une parodie.
They seem to use typology or word play.
Ils semblent faire usage de la typologie ou de jeux de mots.
No, Your Majesty, it's a word play.
Non, Majeste. C'est un jeu de mots.
Shakespearean comedies usually contain elements such as irony, word play, and metaphors.
Les comédies shakespeariennes contiennent généralement des éléments tels que l'ironie, le jeu de mot et les métaphores.
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