(noun) - a
double intent; double meaning; a spoken phrase which can be understood in either of
two ways.
(Origin: briefly, "entendre" is from French, the
root word "entente," meaning intent.)
~OFFICER: "Why did you try to do that to the girl in the
bar, sir? Can't you see she's far too young for you?"
-DRUNK
MAN: "Well, she was old enough to be in a bar, wasn't she?"
~"She told the waitress she was in school, but she didn't elaborate."
-"University? Community
college?"
~"No, as it turns out."
-"Trade school, then? High school?"
~"Elementary, my dear pervert. Now get in the patrol
car."
(Also: See ringhorne definition of diet, the example used there suits this.)
