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A double entendre [note 1] (plural double entendres) is a figure of speech or a particular way of wording that is devised to have a double meaning, one of which is typically obvious, and the other often conveys a message that would be too socially unacceptable, or offensive to state directly. [2] [3] A double entendre may exploit puns or word ...
Broonzy, who was one of the most popular pre-World War II blues artists, used elements of hokum in his music. [1] In "Too Many Drivers", he makes use of double entendre [2] and "further extended the 'female as automobile' metaphor so prevalent in blues lyrics" at the time, according to compilation annotator Keith Briggs. [3]
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Many of the so-called double entendres as spoken by such comedians as Kenneth Williams and Frankie Howerd both on the radio and on television, and in Carry On Films were so single that it was verging on the impssible to appreciate the more innocent of the two possible meanings.Hair Commodore 12:24, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Julia Lee (October 31, 1902 – December 8, 1958) [3] was an American blues and dirty blues musician. [1] Her most commercially successful number was the US Billboard R&B chart topping hit "(Opportunity Knocks But Once) Snatch and Grab It" in 1947.
"That Black Snake Moan" is a song written and recorded by American country blues musician Blind Lemon Jefferson. [1] Inspired by singer Victoria Spivey's "Black Snake Blues", the song was released on Paramount Records in 1926, and has since become recognized as a signature composition which exemplifies Jefferson's unconventional melodic style and utilization of double entendres. [1]
It is not credible that a writer in an environment in which double-entendres were endemic was not fully aware of the double-entendres inherent in his writing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.160.86.80 ( talk ) 02:25, 30 August 2012 (UTC) [ reply ]
A 00 (pronounced "Double O") is a field agent who holds a licence to kill in the field, at their discretion, to complete any mission. The novel Moonraker establishes that the section routinely has three agents concurrently; the film series, in Thunderball , establishes a minimum number of nine 00 agents active at that time.