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Innuendo

__Innuendo-__ (noun) an insinuation about someone or something; indirect hints toward disapproval of someone or something.

“The bar is in full swing and floating rounds of cocktails permeate the garden outside until the air is alive with chatter and laughter and casual innuendo and introduction forgotten on the spot and enthusiastic meetings between women who never knew each other’s names.” (page 44)

The judge erased the witness’s testimony from the record because he considered his comments to be innuendo.