Help my dumb butt remember this word...

[her209]

What's the word that basically says something has a double meaning. I think its ends with an -ism. It's bugging me that I can't remember it. ARGGG!@!!!#1

 

[NuclearFusi0n]

no this isn't it

 

[NewSc2]

double entendre?



edit: uhhh maybe not... sorry my mind is gooey, haven't slept in about 24 hrs.

 

[Evadman]

aneurysm

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: NewSc2
double entendre?

No I think it ends with -ism. Kinda like the word euphemism.

 

[Radiohead]

Synonym?

 

[Maetryx]

Synonym is good and well.


(don't forget it also has the form synonymous)

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

Originally posted by: her209
What's the word that basically says something has a double meaning. I think its ends with an -ism. It's bugging me that I can't remember it. ARGGG!@!!!#1

you may be thinking of a euphemism.... then again you might not

 

[Maetryx]

I think I got it. You're thinking of "equivocation" or one of its variants. Actually that means someone incorrectly uses a word and an alternate meaning of the same word (perhaps a homonym) as if the two issues are related by the completely random fact that the original word has a second unrelated meaning.

 

[her209]

Okay, basically, when I say something... it can be interpreted two different ways. A lot of times, there's an allusion to sex. What is that called?

 

[RalphWiggum]

Now, think long and hard about this, but could the word be 'innuendo'?

 

[Maetryx]

Ironic?

 

[Maetryx]

MMMMmmmmm. Hot Dickens Cider.

 

[Radiohead]

Originally posted by: her209
Okay, basically, when I say something... it can be interpreted two different ways. A lot of times, there's an allusion to sex. What is that called?

Misinterpretation

 

[Brutuskend]

Metaphor?

 

[Maetryx]

Originally posted by: her209
Okay, basically, when I say something... it can be interpreted two different ways. A lot of times, there's an allusion to sex. What is that called?

Allusion?

Allusion to sex?

 

[Gooberlx2]

Main Entry: hom·onym
Pronunciation: 'hä-m&-"nim, 'hO-
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin homonymum, from Greek homOnymon, from neuter of homOnymos
Date: 1697
1 a : HOMOPHONE b : HOMOGRAPH c : one of two or more words spelled and pronounced alike but different in meaning (as the noun quail and the verb quail)
2 : NAMESAKE
3 : a taxonomic designation rejected as invalid because the identical term has been used to designate another group of the same rank -- compare SYNONYM

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: her209
Okay, basically, when I say something... it can be interpreted two different ways. A lot of times, there's an allusion to sex. What is that called?

That's a euphemism.

Such as, this site

 

[Gooberlx2]

Main Entry: eu·phe·mism
Pronunciation: 'yü-f&-"mi-z&m
Function: noun
Etymology: Greek euphEmismos, from euphEmos auspicious, sounding good, from eu- + phEmE speech, from phanai to speak -- more at BAN
Date: circa 1681
: the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant; also : the expression so substituted

 

[Woody06]

Originally posted by: RalphWiggum
Now, think long and hard about this, but could the word be 'innuendo'?

Yeah, it sounds like you are looking for innuendo.

 

[Radiohead]

Cacophemism, or Dysphemism?

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

Originally posted by: her209
Okay, basically, when I say something... it can be interpreted two different ways. A lot of times, there's an allusion to sex. What is that called?

That's a euphemism... why doesn't anyone pay attention to what I say on this board?

 

[Brutuskend]

Hey! Maybe is euphemism!!!???

 

[Glitchny]

thesaurus, dictionary?

 

[ElFenix]

euphemism