double entendre
| Device of deliberately using an ambiguous word or phrase, that often has a coarse or indelicate connotation. |
An accidental double entendre is often termed a ‘Freudian slip’, after Sigmund Freud suggested that a person may reveal their unconscious mind by verbal ‘mistakes’.
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