Word of the Day - insinuate

insinuate

/ɪnˈsɪnjʊeɪt/ [in-sin-you-ate]
verb
[with object]
1 Suggest or hint (something bad) in an indirect and unpleasant way.
2 Slide (oneself or a thing) slowly and smoothly into a particular place.
2.1 insinuate oneself into - Manoeuvre oneself into (a favourable position) by subtle manipulation.

Origin
Early
16th century (in the sense ‘enter (a document) on the official
register’): from Latin insinuat- ‘introduced tortuously’, from the verb
insinuare, from in- ‘in’ + sinuare ‘to curve’.

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Bob Reams Betty with Rhyme

I hate to insinuate
Anything's less than great,
But I'll just come out and say it.
"You're going to make us late!"