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wink wink nudge nudge 

Expression used to make someone realize an ulterior motive to your conversation.
"I am so hungry. I wish someone would let me have a bite of his candy bar...wink wink nudge nudge"
Word of the Day on January 23, 2020
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wink wink nudge nudge 

"Wink wink nudge nudge" followed by "say no more, say no more," is a statement popularized by Eric Idle in his Monty Python days in the early 1970s. The winks and nudges are verbal explications of gestures people make when they want to pass on something sly (a wink of the eye and an elbow in the other person's side, nudging). The "say no more" extender means, rather literally, "You don't have to tell me anything more."

This buzz term (or terms) was used when Idle played a character (usually opposite fellow Pythoner Terry Jones as a stuffy Brit), who persistently (and wrongly) tried to put a sniggering sexual implication on perfectly ordinary situations:

-- Idle: "Your secretary, she's a bit of a goer, isn't she?"

-- Jones (perplexed): "Umm, perhaps."

-- Idle: "Wink wink nudge nudge. Say no more, say no more."

Within the past 30 years "Wink wink nudge nudge" has also taken on almost its exact opposite meaning, used sarcastically to mean something along the lines of "I'm sure it's painfully obvious to us both."
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"Look at her, do you think she runs, do you think she runs?"

"I'm not sure what you mean."

(Very broadly): "Wink wink nudge nudge say no more, say no more."

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"Did you have any idea that Senator X was closeted and gay?"

"Oh, wink wink nudge nudge. Anyone gay, or anyone working in official Washington (D.C.) knew it already."
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Wink wink nudge nudge 

The implication of either a) sarcasm (that is usually already overtly obvious) or b) a double entendre. Can be done just physically or both physically and verbally at the same time; but more often than not is just spoken.
Has been known to be shortened to "Nudge nudge" or nudging someone twice and saying, "Eh eh?"
a) "Scott is definitely not pussy whipped, wink wink nudge nudge"
b) "Let's have a round of golf, I'll let you play with my balls. Wink wink nudge nudge"
Wink wink nudge nudge by Larry January 6, 2009

Wink wink nudge nudge 

Also followed by "know what I mean, know what I mean." Meaning quite often something off color or taboo that can't be said outright and must be aluded to. Monty Python coined this but. Whilst the person says the line they are nudging the receiver of the word play in the ribs with a fair amount of camp.
I was with your mum last night. She's brilliant. Wink wink nudge nudge know what I mean know what I mean. Say no more say no more...
Wink wink nudge nudge by rorourbeau January 28, 2020

hint hint wink wink nudge nudge 

what my 4th grd teacher used to say when we could earn candy for doing extra credit.
this assignment is optional hint hint wink wink nudge nudge

Wink wink, nudge nudge, lick lick lick 

What you usually say when your best friend is talking to their crush.
Bestfriend 1: Hey baby;)
Bestfriend 2: Wink wink, nudge nudge, lick lick lick.
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