Pseudo-Gallicism. Based ondouble entendre.
tripleentendre (pluraltriple entendres)
- (humorous) Aphrase that has threemeanings, especially where some meanings are innocent and literal, the other(s)risqué,bawdy, orironic; aninnuendo.
1998 July 1, Christopher M. Stangl, “"Snail Shell" interp: Quetzacoatl's Cock Tease”, inalt.music.tmbg[1] (Usenet), retrieved5 June 2022:In atriple entendre of the highest order, Linnell summarizes the song.
2003 May 21, Zevra and his little green guy, “The secret to being funny”, inalt.humor[2] (Usenet), retrieved5 June 2022:Actually, that atriple entendre! And speaking oftriple entendres ...
2004 July 28, naismith, “An Open Letter To Leesa”, inalt.religion.wicca[3] (Usenet), retrieved5 June 2022:Atriple-entendre, if you will; 'purloined', as in out in the open and a way to change the subject title without losing the thread. The third part of the entendre was that anything is new if perspective can be shifted.
2005 April 17, R. Stewart, “Clipse are good rappers, discuss”, inrec.music.hip-hop[4] (Usenet), retrieved5 June 2022:Pretty much agree with you and Pete on this one... that and the fact that every few months, a few of my friends and I get into a discussion of whether or not one of the verses from 'Grindin' constitutes a propertriple entendre...
"Them days I wasn't able/Abel, there was always cane/'caine/Kane"
...good stuff to anger and annoy any literary types you know...
2014 August 30, Siri Crews, “Think Like a Rock”, inalt.atheism[5] (Usenet), retrieved5 June 2022:'Tout de suite' is a french phrase meaning in a hurry and pronounced the same as the english 'toot sweet'. Hence it bilingualtriple entendre.
