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What is a double entendre?

What is a double entendre? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (idiomatic) A phrase that has two meanings, especially where one is innocent and literal, the other risqué, bawdy, or ironic; an innuendo.
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These are views that Western linguistics often fustigate as opening the door to double entendre and undecidability.
That gleam in his eye when he delivers saucy sexual double entendre is something that can never be experienced in an audio recording alone.
The pleasure of words, not least in rhyme and double entendre, taken by hip-hop and rap culture perfectly mirrors Shakespeare's poetry.
And when Brosnan speaks, it's the sorts of double entendre that usually serve as the punchlines of jokes in a Moose Lodge.
Her monologue during the show was a mix of morbid poetry, bad puns and ghoulish double entendre, setting the standard for her myriad successors.
Mae's risqué humor and perfect delivery of a double entendre have secured her place in entertainment history.

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