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Etymology
Pseudo-Gallicism. Based on double entendre.
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Noun
triple entendre (plural triple entendres)
- (humorous) A phrase that has three meanings.
1998 July 1, Christopher M. Stangl, “"Snail Shell" interp: Quetzacoatl's Cock Tease”, in alt.music.tmbg (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-05:In a triple entendre of the highest order, Linnell summarizes the song.
2003 May 21, Zevra and his little green guy, “The secret to being funny”, in alt.humor (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-05:Actually, that a triple entendre! And speaking of triple entendres ...
2004 July 28, naismith, “An Open Letter To Leesa”, in alt.religion.wicca (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-05:A triple-entendre, if you will; 'purloined', as in out in the open and a way to change the subject title without losing the thread. The third part of the entendre was that anything is new if perspective can be shifted.
2005 April 17, R. Stewart, “Clipse are good rappers, discuss”, in rec.music.hip-hop (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-05:Pretty much agree with you and Pete on this one... that and the fact that every few months, a few of my friends and I get into a discussion of whether or not one of the verses from 'Grindin' constitutes a proper triple entendre...
"Them days I wasn't able/Abel, there was always cane/'caine/Kane"
...good stuff to anger and annoy any literary types you know...
2014 August 30, Siri Crews, “Think Like a Rock”, in alt.atheism (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-05:'Tout de suite' is a french phrase meaning in a hurry and pronounced the same as the english 'toot sweet'. Hence it bilingual triple entendre.
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