Sly insinuation
Else clues• Derogatory implication
• Derogatory intimation
• Derogatory suggestion
• Dirty campaign technique
• Element of negative campaigning
• Flirtation device
• Imputation
• Indirect implication
• It might be sexual
• Part of many a smear campaign
• Slur
• Sly slur
• Sly suggestion
• Smear, e.g.
• Subtle implication
• Tool for insinuating
• An indirect (and usually malicious) implication