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Wordplay: The Power of One Little Letter

by Sheron Long on April 3, 2014

Reinvented book cover for Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code with new cover art showing a codfish and the title shortened to The Da Vinci Code, illustrating an example of wordplay for word lovers. (Image with thanks to @darth)

Dropping a letter changes a best-seller with a sophisticated “code”
into a new plot starring a slimy “cod.”
(image thanks to @darth)

Clever Words for Clever Word Lovers

What’s so attractive about words such that some people become logophiles (yep, that’s the official term for “word lovers”)?  Read more...

  • Perhaps it’s the puzzle of wordplay games like Scrabble where an aha moment lights up the brain when you figure out how to use all seven letters.
  • Maybe it’s the social aspect of games like Words with Friends, when folks who choose a random opponent meet through the chat feature. Some even marry, putting two important words together: I do.
 

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