double entendre:
A borrowing from the French for double meaning or double understanding, an apparently innocent, nonsexual word, expression or phrase that can be interpreted in a sexual way .EXAMPLES:
(1) Agent 3.14 (Nicolette Sheridan) to Agent WD40, Dick Steele (Leslie Nielsen) in Spy Hard (1999): ' Oh, Dick! You came for me .' He came to rescue her.
(2) In Star Wars : ' You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought .' He came in a starship.
(3) Richard Chamberlain to Sharon Stone in King Solomon's Mines : ' Right there between your legs! Pull on it! ' She's flying a biplane at the time.
(4) Brenda Bakke to Charlie Sheen in Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993): ' I hope you don't mind working under a woman .' She means taking orders from a woman , or does she?
(5) Truman Burbank (Jim Carrey) in The Trunan Show : ' Eat me, dammit! That's an order .' Truman is daydreaming a survival scenario in front of his bathroom mirror.
(6) Bob Hope to Dorothy Lamour in My Favorite Brunette (1947): ' A snatch job . hey? ' He's referring to a kidnapping.
(7) In Mafia (1997) about the local mafia boss:
-- ' I saw a man today, Rose, who sucks his own people dry .'
-- 'Hmmm, like those movies you make me watch .'
-- ' No, I mean in a bad way .'
(8) Sean Connery, as August De Winter, to Uma Thurman, as Emma Peel, in The Avengers (1999): ' You know , one should never fear being wet .' They are being sprinkled at the same time.
(9) This next line was is not a double entendre, but it shows how a line taken out of context can be misinterpreted: Michael Jordan: ' I really enjoyed playing with you guys .' He's addressing the Loony Tunes at the end of Space Jam (1996).
(10) Dr. Freeze (Arnold Schwarzenegger) in Batman & Robin (1998): ' No matter what they tell you, Mr. Bain, it is the size of your gun that counts .' Freeze's gun freeze's people.
(11) Juan Villa-Lobos Ramirez (Sean Connery) to the stewardess offering him lunch in Highlander 2: The Quickening (1991): ' No, thank you. I never eat anything I cannot identify .' Then turns to the lady sitting next to him and ads: ' That's not entirely true, of course .'
(12) The Countess to James Bond (Sean Connery) in For Your Eyes Only (1981): ' I've got oysters and champagne in the fridge. Why don't you come in for a bite .'
(13) Sheriff Bart (Cleavon Little) to the citizens of Rockridge in Blazing Saddles (1974): ' Excuse me while I whip this out .' A sudden gulp of air is released by the good citizens when Bart produces a letter from THE GOV.
(14) Stuart Whitman to Sarah Miles in Those Magnificient Men in Their Flying Machines (1965):-- Stuart: ' I'd like to see more of you .'-- Sarah: ' You could have phrased that better .'
(15) George Orwell (1903-1950) Animal Farm (1945): ' Four legs, good, two legs,
See Also: bread buttered on both sides, DINKS, double dong, double dude, double fire, double fuck, double payment, DPP, give a double-O, love seat, O.O
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