wink wink
Ironic aside marker
A knowing aside signaling that words shouldn't be taken at face value—that there's a hidden meaning, shared joke, or unspoken understanding between speaker and listener.
Often written or spoken to flag irony, innuendo, or playful deception: It's totally legal, wink wink.
The phrase mimics the conspiratorial gesture of winking twice.
Sometimes combined with nudge nudge for extra emphasis.
- nudgeGentle push to prompt
- nudge nudgeVerbal innuendo marker
- hintIndirect suggestion
- knowingPossessing awareness or insight
- slyCleverly deceptive
suggestive · innuendo · tongue in cheek · nod · conspiratorial · playful · flirtatious · eye · blink · gesture · secret · shared secret · coy · tease · mischievous · twinkle · signal · unspoken
- flirtingpickup line, hair flip, chat-up line, flirting, compliments
- innuendoinnuendo, sexual innuendo, double entendre, double meaning, implied meaning
- Monty PythonMonty Python, Eric Idle, Holy Grail, John Cleese, Life of Brian
- secret codescipher, secret code, secret codes, code word, password
- adult humorblue humor, dirty jokes, dirty joke, bawdy humor, bawdy jokes
wink winksincere
Genuinely felt, not feigned
genuine · earnest · heartfelt · in earnest · dead serious
wink winkplainly
In obvious fashion
directly · straightforwardly · explicitly · point blank · in so many words
wink winkabove board
Honest and unconcealed
on the record · openly · transparent · out in the open · cards on the table