double entendre
The formula has a double meaning and can be read in different ways by different people.
Her lyrics are full of double meanings that appeal to a sophisticated audience.
She tends to understand things very literally, so you need to be careful about using words with double meanings.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Figurative use of language
allegorically
allusion
anthropomorphic
anthropomorphize
fig
figurative
figuratively
figure of speech
idiom
ironist
metaphorical
mixed metaphor
non-literal
non-metaphorical
so to speakidiom
speak
symbol
trope
unironic
unironically
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