Meaning of insinuendo | Babel Free

Definitions

insinuation containing innuendo

Examples

“Truly a man may wish⟳, “O that mine enemy would let⟳ me write⟳ his Preface! Could I not damn with faint praise⟳ and stab with sharp insinuendo?” – to use⟳ the labor-saving and much-needed word thoughtlessly invented by the sable legislator of South Carolina.”

“It’s sort⟳ of an insinuendo, as Matt King says, that your mind⟳ could stand⟳ a good deal⟳ of improving and not hurt⟳ it any.”

“"I don't have⟳ it," says Leon. "It was done away with because of the negative insinuendo."”

“The most quoted malamanteau is George W. Bush’s “I misunderestimated”. Others that have⟳ evoked smirks have⟳ been “miscommunicado” (from “miscommunicate” and “incommunicado”), “insinuendo” (from “innuendo” and “insinuation”), and “squirmish” (“squirm” and “skirmish”).”

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