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unusual facts about innuendo


Suggestive dialogue

Innuendo, a remark or question that implies something, usually derogatory, about the subject without expressly stating it.


Bernie Machen

Machen has most recently stirred a mild controversy by making a veiled innuendo regarding the University of Michigan's academics as they relate to student-athletes and implying that Ohio State University basketball star Greg Oden's academic schedule is a joke.

Carry On Loving

There are fictitious locations named for their sexual innuendo, including 'Much-Snogging-On-The-Green', 'Rogerham Mansions' and 'Dunham Road'.

David Lammy

On 12 March 2013, Lammy apologised for claiming the BBC made a "silly innuendo about the race of the next Pontiff".

Flesh Gordon

The character names are suggestive innuendos, based on the character names from the first of those multi-chapter serials: the hero Flesh Gordon; his love interest Dale Ardor; the evil Emperor Wang the Perverted; Dr. Flexi Jerkoff; Amora, Queen of Magic; and a very gay Robin Hood-like character called Prince Precious.

I Touch Myself

Rolf Harris performed a tongue-in-cheek version, accompanied only by his wobble board and asides full of innuendo, for Andrew Denton's Musical Challenge on the MMM Breakfast Show.

Janet and John

The radio and television broadcaster Terry Wogan regularly satirised the series on his BBC Radio 2 show Wake Up To Wogan by reading out stories clearly based on the premise of the original Janet and John books, but deriving humour through euphemism and innuendo.

John is portrayed as a simpleton and fop whose adventures land him in hot water with Janet as they always contain heavy doses of innuendo and often result in Terry, John and Traffic Totty Lynn Bowles dissolving into uncontrollable laughter.

Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville

The rock band Queen used part of his artwork for the cover and backcover of their 1991 album Innuendo, and Alice in Chains used part of his artwork for their album Alice in Chains.

Les play boys

According to co-writer Jacques Lanzmann, the song's innuendo-laden lyrics reflected his experience as the editor of the men's magazine Lui: "At that time, even a hint of hair sticking out from a bikini would have seen the magazine shut down".

Marianne Dashwood

When Marianne is helped by the dashing John Willoughby, she falls deeply and sincerely in love with him, abhorring all society's demands, and ignoring her sister’s rational warnings that her impulsive behavior leaves her open to gossip and innuendo.

Noo Hin: The Movie

In addition, both Milk and her older sister, Som-O (Pomelo), have exaggerated breasts, which is similar to characters in Japanese manga, but the Noo Hin comics are not pornographic nor do they contain violence or sexual innuendo.

Politics of Hamilton, Ontario

John Munro, a Trudeau-era Liberal cabinet minister and husband of Lily Munro, was the subject of political innuendo and criminal allegations dismissed after an Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) probe.

Samuel Frederick Biery Jr.

His April 29, 2013 ruling on 35 Bar and Grille LLC, et. al. v. The City of San Antonio reached press notoriety for its use of puns, sexual innuendo and double entendres.


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