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Double entendre is a figure of speech similar to the pun, in which a spoken phrase can be understood in either of two ways. The first, literal meaning is an innocent one, while the second meaning is usually indecently sexual. Although a French term, the French generally say double entente or double sens for such phrases.
Many double entendres are sexual in nature. For example, consider the sentence "If a woman asks a man for a double entendre, he should always try to give her one." This double meaning has the innocent meaning to give her the example, and the second sexual meaning intending for the man to try to have sex with her.
Other classic double entendres include the title of Don McLean's song If I said you had a beautiful body would you hold it against me? and Mrs. Slocombe's references to her "pussy" in the British comedy show Are You Being Served? (e.g. "My pussy was soaking wet!")
In the English comic book Viz there runs a cartoon strip entitled "Finbarr Saunders and his Double Entendres", about a youngster who enjoys double entendres. Immediately after hearing someone crack a double entendre, Finbarr knowingly sniggers "Fnarr fnarr!". "Fnarr" has since become a popular exclamation in England.
Similarly, the cartoon characters Beavis and Butthead frequently note double entrendres of the most trivial kind with such comments as, "huh-huh, he said wood; huh-huh".
See also Spoonerism.
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