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