Euphemism vs. Innuendo

A mild, indirect, or vague term for one that is considered harsh, blunt, or offensive

An indirect or subtle, usually derogatory implication in expression; an insinuation.

The use of such terms

(Law) A plaintiff's allegation explicating the defamatory meaning of the publication or utterance in a libel suit.

(uncountable) The use of a word or phrase to replace another with one that is considered less offensive, blunt or vulgar than the word or phrase which it replaces.

A derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing. An implication, intimation or insinuation.

(countable) A word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way.

(logic) A rhetorical device with an omitted, but obvious conclusion, made to increase the force of an argument.

A figure in which a harsh or indelicate word or expression is softened; a way of describing an offensive thing by an inoffensive expression; a mild name for something disagreeable.

(legal) Part of a pleading in cases of libel and slander, pointing out what and who was meant by the libellous matter or description.

An inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive

To interpret (something libellous or slanderous) in terms of what was implied.

An oblique hint; a remote allusion or reference, usually derogatory to a person or thing not named; an insinuation.

An averment employed in pleading, to point the application of matter otherwise unintelligible; an interpretative parenthesis thrown into quoted matter to explain an obscure word or words; - as, the plaintiff avers that the defendant said that he (innuendo the plaintiff) was a thief.

An indirect (and usually malicious) implication