What Is Double Meaning And Double Entendre Used On The Internet

Regia Marinho
3 min readDec 5, 2021

The double meaning is a sentence whereas a double entendre is a word or a phrase.

Lodgings to Let, an 1814 engraving featuring a double entendre. He: “My sweet honey, I hope you are to be let with the Lodgings!” She: “No, sir, I am to be let alone”.

Double entendre, literally “double meaning,” is a figure of speech in which a single expression is used to convey two different meanings. The expression may be a word, phrase, or even a whole sentence.

A double entendre is a figure of speech or a particular way of wording that is devised to have a double meaning, of which one is typically obvious, whereas the other often conveys a message that would be too socially awkward, sexually suggestive, or offensive to state directly.

Double entendre is a kind of pun in which the pun works on two levels of meaning. The meaning of the pun is usually sexual, with one level of meaning being innocent or non-sexual. It is very clever and often very funny.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of double meaning?

The advantages of double meaning.

  1. Double meaning serves to express a single idea in a variety of ways.
  2. Double meaning offers different aspects of a single idea.
  3. It makes a sentence more forceful.
  4. It adds humor.

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Regia Marinho
Regia Marinho

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