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The author has invented a style of speech for the Martians that the Earth humans have to try and get the hang of, full of stuff like 'Explicative-Interrogative?' and 'Parareproductive intromission activity', etc.
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: In the Courts Of the Crimson Kings - S. M. Stirling Blue Tyson 2008
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Explicative-laced diatribes are a sign of true ignorance! by Frank J. Ranelli on Saturday, Jul 22, 2006 at 1: 33: 51 PM
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They are also called 'Analytic' and 'Explicative,' when they separate and disengage the elements of the connotation of the subject.
Logic Deductive and Inductive Carveth Read 1889
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