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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread double entendre #58966 02/27/2002 3:11 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass this phrase has shown up in two threads over the past couple of days, which prompts this comment/question: most dictionaries give the etymology of double entendre as an obsolete French phrase which translates as "double meaning", but in English usually implies that one meaning is indelicate. I was surprised to discover in the OED that the original (obsolete) French phrase was double entente. Why the change of words, and is neither expression extant in modern French? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted double entendre tsuwm 02/27/2002 3:11 PM Re: double entendre wwh 02/27/2002 3:21 PM Re: double entendre tsuwm 02/27/2002 4:02 PM Re: double entendre Capital Kiwi 02/27/2002 3:31 PM Is this a double entendre? Rubrick 02/27/2002 3:38 PM Re: Is this a double entendre? wwh 02/27/2002 4:03 PM Re: Is this a double entendre? Keiva 02/27/2002 4:30 PM Re:Entente wwh 02/27/2002 5:22 PM Re:Entente Capital Kiwi 02/27/2002 5:36 PM Re:Entente wwh 02/27/2002 6:43 PM Re: Is this a double entendre? Rubrick 02/28/2002 10:46 AM . Max Quordlepleen 02/27/2002 7:20 PM Re: double entendre / double entente belMarduk 03/02/2002 5:59 PM Re: double entendre Jackie 02/27/2002 9:07 PM Re: double entendre Anonymous 02/27/2002 10:46 PM re: "amphibolous" stales 02/28/2002 2:55 AM Re: re: "amphibolous" wwh 02/28/2002 3:45 AM Re: double entendre Jackie 02/28/2002 3:42 PM Re: double entendre Rubrick 02/28/2002 3:52 PM Re: double entendre boronia 02/28/2002 4:03 PM worse and worse wofahulicodoc 02/28/2002 4:07 PM Re: worse and worse wwh 02/28/2002 4:48 PM Re: worse and worse tsuwm 02/28/2002 5:59 PM Re: worse and worse RhubarbCommando 02/28/2002 8:00 PM Re: worse and worse boronia 02/28/2002 8:22 PM Re: worse and worse RhubarbCommando 02/28/2002 8:33 PM Re: worse and worse boronia 02/28/2002 8:34 PM Re: worse and worse Keiva 02/28/2002 8:36 PM Re: worse and worse Keiva 03/01/2002 5:49 PM peor tantito consuelo 02/28/2002 9:05 PM tant pis wofahulicodoc 02/28/2002 10:29 PM Re: double entendre Rubrick 03/01/2002 11:05 AM Re: équivoque belMarduk 03/02/2002 6:07 PM Re: équivoque consuelo 03/02/2002 10:27 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,285 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 23 A C Bowden 6 JerryC 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,140 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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