single entendre en · NOUN
Etymology
Pseudo-Gallicism. Based on double entendre.
Meanings
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(humorous, rhetoric) A phrase that has a single, often bawdy, meaning and is lacking in subtlety or cleverness.
"[…]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.
2005, Kieran Scott, Jingle Boy, page 74: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.
2004, Gregory David Roberts, Shantaram, page 58:She unintentionally wrote single entendre: a lyric about a dinner menu.
1985, Sheila Davis, The Craft of Lyric Writing, page 273: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.
1999, Thomas Patrick Doherty, Pre-code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema, page 182: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.
1998, Rob Des Hotel, Dean Batali, “Phases”, in Buffy the Vampire Slayer:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| single entendres | Number=Plur | lexicographic |