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[–] [email protected] 123 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wouldn't that just be an innuendo?

[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

Pretty sure that's the first Scrubs reference I've seen on Lemmy. Well done.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

My Nintendo.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

An Incinuendo?

[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A Fraudian Slip! Do I get Dad Joke points?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Depends. How many kids do you have?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

No Depends, just Huggies.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago

"Double entendre" hasn't been mentioned yet as a potential.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Pack it up folks, this thread is now done.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

She asked me for a double entendre, so I gave it to her.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

If you know what I mean...

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Humour? Wit?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Insinuating, alluding, implying?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

a Freudian cunt. I mean, quip. sorry!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is not a real term, but maybe Freudian Hint?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

A double entendrΓ©?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A pun? Innuendo? Hinting?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

A Freudian Slip-in.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A dogwhistle? Or just a feigned freudian slip.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Dogwhistle sounds pretty accurate

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

A Freudian slap.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

nonsense. they are just happy to see you.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

β€œMalapropism”, maybe, depending on the context? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malapropism

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Freudian Grip?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Freudian Flip

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Freudian slop.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

a freudian dive

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Freudian leak?