Why is it that you say one thing ... and the other person misinterprets it to mean another thing? Why is it that a simple word becomes so complex to some? It behooves and opens the lock to a lot of various interpretations.
There are a lot of explanations to it, so consider these terms that seem alien to you and add more confusion ... and make the phrase blossom into a myriad of rainbow-colored simplification and interpretation.
1. Ambiguous statement - a statement that has two meanings, but those meanings are unrelated. Example: "She sat at the bank" may mean the person may be working as a manager of the BANK. Or it may mean the person is sitting on the BANK of a river or a creek.
2. Polysemous statement - a statement that has two meanings, but those meanings are related. Example: "She beat the man with a cane..." may mean she is using the cane to beat the man. Or it may mean she whacked the man using a walking stick/cane. And by the way who owns the cane - the one beating ... or the one beaten?
3. Double entendre - is a form of wordplay. It relies on the ambiguity in the phrasing and use of words in a statement. The word or phrase can be read in two ways ... at times, multiple ways. Example: Groucho Marx once said, "If I said you have a beautiful body would you hold it against me?
There is a dual meaning of the phrase 1. 'to hold (something) 2. against (someone). If you are not used to double entendre ... more often than not ... you will slap the man ... until his face turns crimson.
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