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innuendo
1. n. Sous-entendu, insinuation.
Don't take offence at my innuendo. (Queen — Innuendo)
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innuendo
1. n. A derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing. An implication, intimation or insinuation.
She made a devious innuendo about her husband, who was embarrassed.
2. n. (logic) A rhetorical device with an omitted, but obvious conclusion, made to increase the force of an argument.
3. n. (legal) Part of a pleading in cases of libel and slander, pointing out what and who was meant by the libellous matter or description.
4. v. (transitive, legal) To interpret (something libellous or slanderous) in terms of what was implied.

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And then she let slip a not-so-subtle innuendo about my drinking habits.      Et puis elle a laissé échapper une allusion pas très subtile au sujet de mon penchant pour la boisson.

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