Meaning of triple entendre | Babel Free

Definitions

A phrase that has three meanings, especially where some meanings are innocent and literal, the other(s) risqué, bawdy, or ironic; an innuendo.

humorous

Examples

“In a triple entendre of the highest order, Linnell summarizes the song.”

“Actually, that a triple entendre! And speaking of triple entendres ...”

“A triple-entendre, if you will; 'purloined', as in out in the open and a way to change the subject title without losing the thread. The third part of the entendre was that anything is new if perspective can be shifted.”

“Pretty much agree with you and Pete on this one... that and the fact that every few months, a few of my friends and I get into a discussion of whether or not one of the verses from 'Grindin' constitutes a proper triple entendre... "Them days I wasn't able/Abel, there was always cane/'caine/Kane" ...good stuff to anger and annoy any literary types you know...”

“'Tout de suite' is a french phrase meaning in a hurry and pronounced the same as the english 'toot sweet'. Hence it bilingual triple entendre.”

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