innuendo
an indirect, and usually negative remark
TRANSLATION
innuendo = die versteckte Anspielung, die Andeutung --- GOOGLE INDEX innuendo: approximately 2,000,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Round The Horne was a groundbreaking piece of broadcasting, famous for its catchphrases, clever INNUENDO, colourful characters and brilliantly inventive scripts.
(BBC News)
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Through the sorrow, all through our splendour,
Don't take offence at my INNUENDO
- from the song Innuendo by Queen
(BBC News)
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Through the sorrow, all through our splendour,
Don't take offence at my INNUENDO
- from the song Innuendo by Queen
Did you
know?
innuendo
noun
- the making of a remark or remarks that suggest something risqué or something unpleasant but do not refer to it directly
(Compact Oxford English Dictionary)
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Marilyn Monroe was once asked by a journalist what she wore to bed. She replied, "Chanel No. 5."
Because she was insinuating that she doesn't wear anything but perfume to bed, this is a perfect example of innuendo. Like this statement, a lot of innuendo is risqué.
Even the British statesman Winston Churchill was capable of innuendo as this story illustrates:
In 1946 he travelled to the United States to deliver a speech at the dedication of a bust in his honour. Afterwards Churchill was approached by a rather attractive and well-endowed woman. "Mr. Churchill," she declared, "I travelled over a hundred miles this morning for the unveiling of your bust."
"Madam, I assure you that in this regard, I would gladly return the favour!"
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SYNONYMS
allusion, aside, aspersion, implication, insinuation, intimation, undertone, reference
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Make sure you know the people you are talking to before using innuendo. It can be easily misinterpreted."
noun
- the making of a remark or remarks that suggest something risqué or something unpleasant but do not refer to it directly
(Compact Oxford English Dictionary)
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Marilyn Monroe was once asked by a journalist what she wore to bed. She replied, "Chanel No. 5."
Because she was insinuating that she doesn't wear anything but perfume to bed, this is a perfect example of innuendo. Like this statement, a lot of innuendo is risqué.
Even the British statesman Winston Churchill was capable of innuendo as this story illustrates:
In 1946 he travelled to the United States to deliver a speech at the dedication of a bust in his honour. Afterwards Churchill was approached by a rather attractive and well-endowed woman. "Mr. Churchill," she declared, "I travelled over a hundred miles this morning for the unveiling of your bust."
"Madam, I assure you that in this regard, I would gladly return the favour!"
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SYNONYMS
allusion, aside, aspersion, implication, insinuation, intimation, undertone, reference
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Make sure you know the people you are talking to before using innuendo. It can be easily misinterpreted."
