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dou·ble en·ten·dre

/ˌdo͞obəˌlänˈtändrə/

noun
- 1. a word or phrase open to two interpretations, one of which is usually risqué or indecent: "he was unable to get through two consecutive sentences without a smutty double entendre"
- ▪ humor using double entendres.
Word Origin late 17th century: from obsolete French (now double entente), ‘double understanding’.
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Double entendre
Wording that is devised to be understood in two ways
A double entendre is a figure of speech or a particular way of wording that is devised to have a double meaning, one of which is typically obvious, and the other often conveys a message that would be too socially unacceptable, or offensive to state directly. Wikipedia
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