insinuendon.
/ɪnsɪnjuːˈɛndəʊ/ Insinuation combined with innuendo; an instance of this.
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society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > [noun] > innuendo
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > hidden or indirect meaning > [noun] > communicating indirectly > instance of
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1885 B. Matthews in Longman's Mag. Dec. 151 Could I not damn with faint praise and stab with sharp insinuendo?—to use the labor-saving and much-needed word thoughtlessly invented by the sable legislator of South Carolina.
1906 Notes & Queries 3 Mar. 171/1 An old Yorkshire friend of mine..used the following words frequently. He thought they were good English:—‘Disastrophe’ = disaster + catastrophe, ‘Insinuendo’ = insinuation + innuendo.
1909 Daily Chron. 9 June 6/7 It was a sable legislator who howled back with scorn the ‘insinuendos’ of a political opponent.
1921 C. Mackenzie Rich Relatives ix. 230 Anyone more cunning I've never seen. Nasty insinuendos, enough to make anyone sick!
1966 P. Moloney Plea for Mersey (title) A plea for Mersey or the gentle art of insinuendo.
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