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    Though most commonly used with reference to rapping/MCing to a beat, how an artist plays with the [acoustics] or meaning of words for artistic effect within song, written verse, poem or freestyle
    This includes the constructing of bars/lines with:
    words of double/triple meaning for humour or effect.
    words that are not obviously recognisable as rhymes to one another when pronounced correctly yet may share [assonance] and there for can be used in place of standard rhymes structurally with in a verse.
    Also multiple rhyme patterns within lines added for show effect and [cohesion].
    [Wordplay] is one of the technical areas that can be assessed when judging how technically skilled an rapper/MC is.
    Pharaohe [Monch],Big L,Big Pun, Eminem are some examples of MCs whose work can be particually rich in [wordplay].

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      The witty exploitation of the meanings and ambiguities of words, especially in puns.

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        the activity of joking about the meanings of words, especially in an intelligent way

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