Def. a co-sign here. i think it's dated acceptability in my opinion. Since wordplay is so heavy on the site now as opposed to DeNiro's prime I think that he did what always worked for him. The standards for wordplay to the voters is now more stringent than it was then. Had this battle taken place back then, it might have been different. Yeah, a LOT of people suck at wordplay but the fundamental understanding of how it works is more common knowledge now than it was back then. In fact, it was more impressive back then to have even partially relevant wordplay because it was a more edgy concept to readers back then. I think a lotta these "vets" that get dug back up would run into the same damn problem. Except possibly Mahv or Chizzy who had spot on wordplay back then, and have even seen and inquired about new wordplays now(NawkOut).
REALLY interesting.
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