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Gra słów
Gra słów literally means a play of words and covers puns and wordplay. It stays in this two-word form; there is no common single-word equivalent. This is the genre of humour that translation destroys first.
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Ta gra słów jest zupełnie nieprzetłumaczalna.
This wordplay is completely untranslatable.
Polski humor opiera się często na grze słów.
Polish humour often rests on wordplay.
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