innuendo |_inyo__end_|
noun ( pl. -does or -dos)
an allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disparaging one : she’s always making sly innuendoes | a constant torrent of innuendo, gossip, lies, and half-truths.
ORIGIN mid 16th cent.(as an adverb in the sense [that is to say, to wit,] used in legal documents to introduce an explanation): Latin, ‘by nodding at, by pointing to,’ ablative gerund of innuere, from in- ‘toward’ + nuere ‘to nod.’ The noun dates from the late 17th cent.
innuendo
noun
his innuendoes were usually just thinly veiled sexual remarks insinuation, suggestion, intimation, implication, hint, overtone, undertone, allusion, reference; aspersion, slur.
A weird, classy, character trait I reckon ….. I do wish I could master the skill …… BTW never, ever use a garlic press to crack your nuts – very messy ………
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