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single entendre

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single entendre (複数形 single entendres)

1. (humorous) A phrase that has a single, often bawdy, meaning and is lacking in subtlety or cleverness.
   • 1985, Sheila Davis, The Craft of Lyric Writing, page 273
     She unintentionally wrote single entendre: a lyric about a dinner menu.
   • 1998, Rob Des Hotel & Dean Batali, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "Phases"
     Larry: Man, Oz, I would love to get me some of that Buffy and Willow action, if you know what I mean.
     Oz: Good job, Larry. You've really mastered the single entendre.
   • 1999, Thomas Patrick Doherty, Pre-code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema, page 182
     In truth Mae West didn't utter many double entendres; her specialty was the single entendre, the blunt come-on and right-between-the-eyes proposition.
   • 2004, Gregory David Roberts, Shantaram, page 58
     I told him once he's so shallow that the best he can manage is a single entendre. The funny thing is, he liked it.
   • 2005, Kieran Scott, Jingle Boy, page 74
     " […] She is the best kisser I've ever had in my life and I've had plenty, if ya know what I mean...."
     Scooby had definitely mastered the single entendre.

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