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What is an innuendo?

What is an innuendo? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing. An implication, intimation or insinuation.
  2. (logic) A rhetorical device with an omitted, but obvious conclusion, made to increase the force of an argument.
  3. (law) Part of a pleading in cases of libel and slander, pointing out what and who was meant by the libellous matter or description.
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The show is about innuendo rather than baring all, but for Burnett it still meant holding his breath and taking the plunge.
Posters for a brand of alcohol were criticised by the advertising watchdog today for containing sexual innuendo.
It's all innuendo and unsubstantiated intelligence given by people who clearly have an axe to grind.
The lavish praise is only possible because the book note is riddled with factual errors and misleading innuendo from start to finish.
But times are fresh and proof is mostly based on wild innuendo and moral snobbery in these dawn days of post-America.
It's the usual mix of innuendo, bad legal reasoning and inside baseball she's known for.

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