Plays on words (Topical Term)

Cassell dict. of literary and language terms, 1992 (wordplay: a witty exchange using ambiguous meanings of particular words)

Encarta world Eng. dict. (play on words: a pun)

Here are entered works on the act or instance of playing upon words or speech sounds, especially to achieve a humorous or rhetorical effect. Works on games in which players compete in forming, thinking of, or guessing words according to a set of rules are entered under Word games.

Note under Word games