Interpersonal relationships and HIV/AIDS stigma in China by Li Liu

“…One the other hand, the double-entendre of bao is called to play with respect to ingroup and outgroup. …”
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Data‐bility: Endogamous social intimacies on dating apps in Mumbai by Dattani, K

“…In this paper I argue through the double entendre of ‘data‐bility’ that how dateable one is on a dating app relies on data. …”

How cuneiform puns inspired some of the bizarre Greek constellations and asterisms by McHugh J.

“…In Mesopotamia the Pegasus Square was known as the "Field," and puns encrypted in its cuneiform spellings divulged that the Field be "changed into" a "flying horse severed at the navel"; wordplay in Hydra's cuneiform title disclosed that a "wine-bowl" be "placed upon the back of the "water-snake"; double entendre in Cancer's cuneiform appellative imparted that a "manger" and "two donkeys" be "placed between the shoulders of the crab"; and punning in the Mesopotamian prototype for Argo divulged that these stars were a "divine ship named "Swift" which had its "prow cut off" and sailed "backward" through the southern sky. …”
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Our city, what ruins by Elliott, Martin Joshua Holmblade

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L’union du masque et du corps des super-héros : nudités des Watchmen (2019) by Guillaume Dulong

“…She is a "monster" because of the double entendre of watch: she looks and is seen (watch). …”
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TRANSLATION SOLUTIONS FOR DEALING WITH AMBIGUITY IN “ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND” by Mădălina Elena MANDICI

“…The extensive use of double-entendre in the source-text cannot be recoded entirely in the target language, despite the translators’ excellent command of English. …”
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«Like a Jerkin, and a Jerkin’s Lining»: Body, Mind, Sartorial Metaphorsrs, and Sexual Imagery in Sterne’s «Tristram Shandy» by Flavio Gregori

“…Starting from a famous “sartorial” metaphor, in the third book of the novel, according to which the body-mind relationship is akin to that of a jerkin and its lining, the article deals with the metaphors of the body as garments, which allude to human sexual sphere through puns and double-entendres. Notwithstanding the reference to Stoic doctrines contained in the above-mentioned metaphor and elsewhere in the novel, as for instance in the motto from Epictetus placed as an epigraph at its beginning, the relationship between the human being and his/her soul is often expressed in corporeal terms. …”
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El uso de la lengua en los chistes. Ejemplificación de la teoría de Freud = The use of language in jokes. Exemplification of Freud's theory by Joaquin Serrano Serrano

“…With the inclusion of both verbal and intellectual jokes, the reader will come to realize how language succeeds in reflecting the numerous sides of human communication: sense of humour, irony, mockery, criticism, double entendres and puns. Jokes are sometimes used as a mere pastime but they often bring about a release of tension and involve the criticism of social, political and human situations. …”
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