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Lodgings to Let, an 1814 engraving featuring a double entendre. He: "My sweet honey, I hope you are to be let with the Lodgins!" She: "No, sir, I am to be let alone".. 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 ...
The riddle is noted for its double entendre, since to many readers the obvious solution to the riddle is 'penis'. It accordingly provides important evidence for attitudes to gender and sexuality in early medieval England. [2]
The phrase "said the actress to the bishop" is a colloquial British exclamation, offering humour by serving as a punch line that exposes an unintended double entendre. An equivalent phrase in North America is "that's what she said". [1] The versatility of such phrases, and their popularity, lead some to consider them clichéd. [2]
" The actual story's plot is similar. The story's title is a double-entendre, having to do with the Order of Saint Anna and the methods of its wear. Anna's husband Modest Alexeyich has just received the 2nd class OSA, a cross which was supposed to be worn on the neck.
Repetition is the essential comedic device and is often used in combination with other devices to reinforce them. The "callback" in comedy writing—in which a statement or theme is recalled as the punchline or close of a scene—is a classic example of the tension and release that are possible using repetition. It is also the basis for ...
Caitlin Clark couldn't hold in her laughter after teammate Lexie Hull's accidental double entendre in a press conference following an Indiana Fever game.
Kids who are bullied are more likely to be anxious and depressed, abuse substances and have poor physical health. They are likely to struggle more than other kids in both adolescence and adulthood .
It seems that someone at Zynga has been making out with the Blarney Stone since last summer, turning the much-hated and normally insipid Facebook wall posts into fun-loving blurbs of witty puns ...