what does 'inuendo' mean?

Answer 1

In simple terms:
When innuendo is used in a sentence, it could go completely undetected by someone who was not familiar with the hidden meaning, and he or she would find nothing odd about the sentence. Perhaps because innuendo is not considered offensive to those who do not "get" the hidden implication.

an example: A man is standing at a gas station. A voluptous woman in a sleek Ferrari pulls in. He says, "Nice curves you have there." He means her curves, but the woman can mistake it for the curves of the Ferrari.

A woman goes to a supermarket and is buying melons. A man approaches her and says, "Those are nice melons you have" He could mean the real melons or he could be alluding to her breasts.

That is an innuendo

Answer 2

1. an indirect intimation about a person or thing, esp. of a disparaging or a derogatory nature.
2. Law.
a. a parenthetic explanation or specification in a pleading.
b. (in an action for slander or libel) the explanation and elucidation of the words alleged to be defamatory.
c. the word or expression thus explained.

Answer 3

1. an indirect intimation about a person or thing, esp. of a disparaging or a derogatory nature.
2. Law.
a. a parenthetic explanation or specification in a pleading.
b. (in an action for slander or libel) the explanation and elucidation of the words alleged to be defamatory.

Answer 4

(n.) An averment employed in pleading, to point the application of matter otherwise unintelligible; an interpretative parenthesis thrown into quoted matter to explain an obscure word or words; -- as, the plaintiff avers that the defendant said that he (innuendo the plaintiff) was a thief.
(n.) An oblique hint; a remote allusion or reference, usually derogatory to a person or thing not named; an insinuation.

Innuendo: words in the definition
A, Allusion, An, Application, As, Averment, Defendant, Derogatory, Employed, Explain, He, Hint, In, Innuendo, Insinuation, Interpretative, Into, Matter, Named, Not, Oblique, Obscure, Of, Or, Otherwise, Parenthesis, Person, Plaintiff, Pleading, Point, Quoted, Reference, Remote, Said, That, The, Thief, Thing, Thrown, To, Was, Word

Answer 5

Hinting towards a meaning without being explicit as to that meaning. Usually used in sexual situations.

Answer 6

an indirect remark or gesture that usually carries a suggestion of impropriety.

other words that mean the same thing
insinuation, suggeston, implication, intimation, allusion, hint, overtone.

Answer 7

Here is a definition i found:
An indirect or subtle, usually derogatory implication in expression; an insinuation.

Answer 8

an indirect intimation about a person or thing, esp. of a disparaging or a derogatory nature

Answer 9

In layman's terms:

Nudge nudge, wink wink, know what I mean, know what I mean, say no more, say no more! A nod's as good as a wink to a blind bat!

Answer 10

A hidden hint.