[lojban] Re: "explicit" and "imply"

[Jorge Llambías <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

On 12/5/05, Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> This time, rather than being disgusted, I'm merely confused.  What
> on earth does polje have to do with anything?

<http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=explicit>

explicit
1609, from Fr. explicite, from L. explicitus, variant pp. of explicare
"unfold, unravel, explain," from ex- "out" + plicare "to fold" see
ply (v.)). "Explicitus" was written at the end of medieval books,
originally short for explicitus est liber "the book is unrolled." As a
euphemism for "pornographic" it dates from 1971.


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