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double entendre

[duhb-uhl ahn-tahn-druh, -tahnd, doo-blahn-tahn-druh] / ˈdʌb əl ɑnˈtɑn drə, -ˈtɑnd, du blɑ̃ˈtɑ̃ drə /


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The title “Foe” is also a pun, though the rest of the movie is not so offensively bad as that double entendre; it’s just so lacking in substance and momentum as to be entirely inert.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2023

“I mean, it has to fit with secular society. It’s got to have some double entendre about the Gospel.”

From Washington Times • Aug. 18, 2023

The operative literary device is the double entendre.

From New York Times • May 11, 2023

For all the obvious reasons — the alliteration, the inflection towards "Breaking Bad," the double entendre of breaking bread with people.

From Salon • Jan. 27, 2022

Afterward, they regroup in the living room for board games and goofy improvisation contests, all free of profanity and even double entendre.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times




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