single entendre

plural single entendres

1. humorousrhetoricA phrase that has a single, often bawdy, meaning and is lacking in subtlety or cleverness.

   She unintentionally wrote single entendre: a lyric about a dinner menu.

   1985, Sheila Davis, The Craft of Lyric Writing, page 273

   4 more examples

   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.

   1998, Rob Des Hotel, Dean Batali, “Phases”, in Buffy the Vampire Slayer

   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.

   1999, Thomas Patrick Doherty, Pre-code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema, page 182

   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.

   2004, Gregory David Roberts, Shantaram, page 58

   "[…]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.

   2005, Kieran Scott, Jingle Boy, page 74