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[[File:Shortened 3011.png|frame|link=Slipshine|[[Tempting Fate|It's good as long as no one explains the joke.]]<ref>[[media:Killed the joke 4634.png|See here]] ...[[Don't Explain the Joke|goddamn it]].</ref>]]

 

 

 

Typical phrases used for this purpose include:

 

{{examples}}

== Anime and Manga ==

* The dark anime ''[[Paranoia Agent]]'' was not without its humor:

Finbarr assumes she's offering him some tobacco. }}

 

* ''[[Those Lacking Spines]]'', a Kingdom Hearts fanfic, uses the term [[Unusual Euphemism|"...you know"]] to describe a certain male body part the members of Organization XIII were in danger of losing... if you know what I mean.

 

== Films -- Live-Action ==

* In the third ''[[Spider-Man (film)|Spider Man]]'' movie with Eddie Brock/Venom and Mary Jane

{{quote|'''Venom''': Oooh, my spider sense is tingling... if you know what I'm talking about.}}

* In ''Shelter'', Jeanne is concerned because her brother Zach has been surfing with Shaun, who's gay. She talks to Zach about it, saying: "I don't think that he's the best guy to be hanging out with all day half naked, if you know what I mean."

* ''[[Easy A]]'':

''"I'd buy that for a dollar!"'' }}

* Scotty's smarmy talk about the Enterprise in ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]'' (2009) qualifies as a Nudge:

* ''[[Chinatown]]'':

{{quote|'''Loach:''' What happened to your nose, Gittes? Somebody slammed a bedroom window on it?

{{quote|''"Gotta go. Timmy's in the well. If you know what I mean."''|Total, before walking away with Akila.}}

 

* The "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT3_UCm1A5I Nudge, Nudge]" sketch from ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' is, as the quote above indicates, one of the most famous examples of this gag.

* ''[[The Frantics]]''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6iSk9vsK_E "Dirty Words"] sketch, in which a man does this with neutral words from newspaper headlines.

* In "The Dogs of War," the second-to-last episode of ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', Zek tells Quark in a comm transmission "I'm retiring. Your mother and I are moving to Risa to enjoy our old age and do a lot of (''static''), if you know I mean. Quark's response? "Good for you, I guess."

* ''[[Fist of Fun]]'s'' "Four Horsemen waiting for the apocalypse" sketch has Pestilence working as a milkman. One of his customers tells the camera "Although he's a bit odd looking, I know lots of housewives around here would love to get their hands on his extra pinta, if you know what I mean. [[[Beat]]] I mean his cock."

 

== Music ==

{{quote|"Mississippi queen, if you know what I mean"}}

* Legendary Bluesman ''[[Robert Johnson]]'' muttered a sly: "You know what I'm talkin' about" after the line: "You can squeeze my lemon 'til the juice runs down my leg". The line was later appropriated by ''[[Led Zeppelin]]'' in "The Lemon Song"

 

== New Media ==

{{quote|'''Y Ruler of Time:''' "They're pretty well-developed If You Know What I Mean... And I mean that they're very interesting and rich characters with complex [[Backstory|back stories]] that make them both entertaining and interesting to read about."}}

** Played Straight later on when referring to the female leads of "Bleach".

 

== Newspaper Comics ==

* ''[[My Cage]]'' features a strip were Norm mentions to Rex that even though he wasn't able get a dinner reservation he and Bridget still have "plans" for the night (complete with ribbing and winking)

** Rex correctly guesses that said "plans" are eating mac and cheese in front of [[Heroes]]

 

== Theater ==

'''Mrs. Lovett:''' [[I'm a Humanitarian|Good you got it.]] }}

* The introduction to one translation of [[Aristophanes]]' plays gives an example of the difficulties a translator faces: jokes were made about people from the island of Salamis, because they had to row to the mainland, and the ancient Greek word for 'row' had a double meaning. Since modern audiences wouldn't pick up on this, the translators had to add an Lampshaded Double Entendre: "She's from Salamis, need I say more?"

 

== Video Games ==

* The thief Narlen in ''[[Baldur's Gate]]'' says this:

{{quote|'''Narlen:''' Swiped the Duchess' knickers once...if you know what I mean!}}

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

** Seen in [http://xkcd.com/174/ this] strip.

** Taken to its logical conclusion [http://xkcd.com/366/ here.]

* [[Cyanide & Happiness]] has this gem:

{{quote|Boy, I'd love to take her out to dinner. And by "take her out to dinner" I mean dunk the donut. And by "dunk the donut" I mean have sex with her. And by "have sex with her" I mean use my penis on her. And by "penis" I mean staple remover. And by "staple" I mean virginity.}}

 

== Web Original ==

* [[The Nostalgia Chick]] does a lot of this kind of humor but none so often than in her review of ''[[Labyrinth]]''. All hail the crotch!

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121023054330/http://alltheragefaces.com/img/faces/jpg/neutral-if-you-know-what-i-mean.jpg This meme.]

{{quote|"The Hammer is my penis."}}

 

== Western Animation ==

{{quote|'''Princess Bubblegum:''' He was after our sugar, but I didn't give him any.... if you know what I mean. ''(clicks teeth twice)''

'''Finn:''' ''(beat)'' Um... }}

 

== [[Real Life]] ==

 

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[[Category:Comedy Tropes]]

[[Category:Innuendo Tropes]]