Plural of innuendo

Forms of innuendo

Innuendoes and innuendos in a sentence

• We were both quite good friends and apart from the playful innuendos about having an affair together we never really did anything.1995, Bunmi Sofola, Yours Sincerely: Selected Writings of Bunmi Sofola
• In other words, there should not be innuendoes, throw offs, and hints about subject matter.2006, Juanita Bynum, Walking in Your Destiny, page 130. From the entry throw off
• We are always looking for innuendoes and cues either with certain individual characters or between female characters.1996, Womonspace News: Our Voice in the Lesbian Community: Dec 1996. From the entry subtext
• They made innuendoes concerning the stability of the other articles of hieratical law.1904, Elizabeth Miller, The Yoke. From the entry hieratical
• The yellow journalists doubtlessly suggested all sorts of lip-smacking innuendoes.”1963 (date written), John Kennedy Toole, chapter 13, in A Confederacy of Dunces, London: Penguin Books, published 1980 (1981 printing)…. From the entry smear

Meaning of innuendo

1. noun A derogatory hint or reference to, or (often sexual) insinuation about, a person or thing.
2. noun A remark that is suggestive of something sexual without stating it explicitly.
3. noun A rhetorical device with an omitted but obvious conclusion, made to increase the force of an argument.

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Questions about the plural of innuendo

What is the plural of innuendo?

The plural of innuendo is innuendoes or innuendos.

Which is correct, innuendoes or innuendos?

Both are used. innuendos is the more common of the two in English writing.

Is innuendo countable?

Innuendo is a countable and uncountable noun.