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Saying nothing, meaning everything, and daring you to object first.
means A remark that hints at something rude or scandalous without stating it outright.
from From Latin innuere, to nod toward — literally pointing with your chin instead of your finger. It entered English as a stuffy legal term for implied meaning before comedy gleefully kidnapped it.
Legal rootsOnce meant the implied sense in libel cases.
Plausible deniabilityBuilt-in escape hatch: you said it, not them.
British exportA national sport disguised as polite conversation.