double entendre
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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 title, “I Swear,” is a double entendre that will be immediately recognizable to aficionados of the representative’s salty style.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2023
“We thought it was a double entendre that would work,” said June Millington, 74.
From New York Times ● May 25, 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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