English Explanatory Dictionary

that's what she said

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. A joking retort that draws attention to the possibility of sexual innuendo in what was just said.

Pronunciation

en-us-that's what she said-male.ogg en-us-that's what she said.ogg En-au-that's what she said.ogg

Word forms

that's what she said

Etymology

First attested in the early 20th century. She refers to the speaker's imagined sexual partner.

Related words

as the actress said to the bishop get one's mind out of the gutter I hardly know her innuendo I've never heard it called that before nudge nudge wink wink
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