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How to pronounce innuendo in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms insinuation
Type of implication

Examples of innuendo

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Similar innuendo also emerges when a randy security guard flirts with Big Momma.
From the washingtonpost.com
The stars engage in lots of mild sexual innuendo and some that's a bit steamier.
From the freep.com
Perhaps you were too busy slinging your sophistic innuendo to think about facts.
From the forbes.com
They both displayed the subtlety of a moon-mounted laser beam in their innuendo.
From the stltoday.com
Great job guy who who comes up with puns but fails to recognize sexual innuendo.
From the huffingtonpost.com
I'm not big on innuendo and I don't have a private security guy working for me.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Others identify all sources to guard against unsubstantiated gossip and innuendo.
From the businessweek.com
In fact, I have been struck by the virtual absence of innuendo and speculation.
From the dailymail.co.uk
Quite right that in the modern Tory party that sort of innuendo is not tolerated.
From the guardian.co.uk
The dialogue abounds in strong profanity but has relatively mild sexual innuendo.
From the washingtonpost.com
The script has rare profanity, toilet humor, fat jokes, sexual innuendo and rats.
From the washingtonpost.com
There is a little crude language, mild sexual innuendo and a mention of liquor.
From the washingtonpost.com
There is a little crude language, mild sexual innuendo and a reference to liquor.
From the washingtonpost.com
It includes midrange profanity, drinking, heavy smoking and mild sexual innuendo.
From the washingtonpost.com
It includes an adult drinking beer, rare mild profanity and mild sexual innuendo.
From the washingtonpost.com
There's a monster that can eat people, rare crude humor and mild sexual innuendo.
From the washingtonpost.com
It is not being alarmist to say that society is bombarded with sexual innuendo.
From the jsonline.com
Celebrity, religion, clandestine photos, sexual innuendo, national TV exposure.
From the sacbee.com
More examples
  • Insinuation: an indirect (and usually malicious) implication
  • An innuendo is a baseless invention of thoughts or ideas. It can also be a remark or question, typically disparaging (also called insinuation), that works obliquely by allusion. ...
  • Innuendo, released in 1991, is Queen's thirteenth studio album and the last to be composed entirely of new material. It is also the final studio album to be released while lead singer Freddie Mercury was still alive. ...
  • Innuendo is a Malaysian band, best known for their remake of the Carefree's evergreen ballad, "Belaian Jiwa", and most recently, their 70's style single, "Only Dancin'".
  • "Innuendo" is a song by English rock band Queen. It is the opening track on the 1991 album of the same name. Though credited to the whole band, the song is mainly written by Freddie Mercury, with lyrics by Roger Taylor. ...
  • A derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, especially a sexual one. An implication or insinuation
  • Any image or word play that has subtle or indirect meaning. Avoid words or images that have inappropriate meanings in popular culture.
  • A phrase or remark which can have a double meaning, one of which is usually uncomplimentary and possibly sexually suggestive. Innuendo compares with pun and double entendre.
  • An expanded contextual meaning of allusion attributed to a statement in a social context. See also "enticement."