a play on words
• a pun.
• "every page contains a subtle play on words or arresting metaphor"
Similar:
pun,
wordplay,
double entendre,
double meaning,
innuendo,
witticism,
quip,
quibble,
paronomasia,
equivoque,
amphibology,
pivot,
calembour,
carriwitchet,
clench,
clinch,
conundrum,
nick,
pundigrion,
whim,
