Innuendo and Meaning

Innuendo

Innuendo noun - A slyly or subtly derogatory remark.

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Meaning and innuendo are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Meaning" instead a noun "Innuendo".

Meaning noun - The idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action.

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Innuendo and meaning are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Innuendo" instead a noun "Meaning".

Nearby Words: mean, means, meaningful, meaningless, meaningly

clear	clear innuendo	clear meaning
similar	similar innuendo	similar meaning
obvious	obvious innuendo	obvious meaning
dirty	dirty innuendo	dirty meaning
Other adjectives: actual, unfortunate, little, sexual, new, extra, different.

Which is odd, considering that you could easily interpret that as her thinking he's doing such innuendo, but he's meaning it literally.

Source: Entendre Failure
The band, specifically Sparkles*, didn't even bother using its full name during one of their live performances, meaning it went from Accidental Innuendo to deliberate.

Source: Accidental Innuendo / Music
Entendre Failure: On the Zuzu's Date episode, his date tries every innuendo short of saying that she wants to have sex with him, failing to get across her meaning to Zuko.

Source: Web Video / Avatar: The Abridged Series

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