double entendre

     

A ouble entendre is a figure of speech similar to the pun, in which a spoken phrase can be understood in either of two ways. This can be as simple as a phrase which has two mutually exclusive meanings, and is thus a clever play on words. An example of this would be the title of the short story, "The Most Dangerous Game", by Richard Connell, in which the title can refer both to the "game" that is most dangerous to hunt, and "game" that is most dangerous to play.

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  • "Double sens" is used by the French to denote a phrase with two meanings, one that's risque; we use this
  • If Suzette tells Pierre "Your tower's quite an 'Eiffel'", he may take it as one of these
  • If I said a clue about a stripper had really nice pair of facts, it'd be an example of this 2-word French term

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