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noun- Stealthy or indirect hinting or suggestion.

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Usage examples (6)
  • The Internet has played a substantial role in this in terms of the amount of information and rumour and insinuendo which is quite easily spread and quite easily...
  • The following staff and users receive the Banner Printer emblem last week: anthonyr1, capedbear, chilledmartini, insinuendo, rohver, ticonorico21, yevinorion and zixarga.
  • The following staff and users received the Banner Printer emblem last week: anthonyr1, capedbear, chilledmartini, insinuendo, rohver, ticonorico21, yevinorion and zixarga.
  • I’d rate it right up there with the older coinage “insinuendo”, from insinuate and innuendo.
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