# do you find innuendo cowardly?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 21, 2011, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-innuendo-cowardly/582726 "2011-05-21T22:40:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-innuendo-cowardly/582726/21 "2011-05-23T15:04:19Z")

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> [@KGJIII](#):
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> hey … i meant innuendo when attacking someone verbally, as opposed to saying "you are a &#(\*E&, \*#&(\*&@# … ".

When used in that context, I do think it’s cowardly. I prefer it if people tell me outright if they think I’m a jackass or a bitch. Yeah, it’s hurtful but at least I don’t have to wonder what they think of me.

I guess I mostly associate innuendo with wit in social situations, though, rather than as a passive-aggressive jab.

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