explicits
Things made clear
Explicits is the plural of explicit, a noun referring to sexually graphic content in media.
The term emerged from content warnings and tagging systems: The archive lets you filter out explicits.
It parallels how "graphics" or "visuals" became nouns—the adjective explicit (meaning sexually frank) transformed into a countable thing.
Without obstruction or fog
- directUndeviating or to guide
- specificClearly defined, not vague
- preciseExactly correct, no error
- exactPerfectly correct, no deviation
unequivocal · unambiguous · straightforward · definite · categorical · concrete · literal · point-blank
Vividly detailed or visual
- adultMature person, legally responsible
- matureFully grown or developed
- pornographicSexually explicit in content
- X-ratedSexually explicit classification
NSFW · racy · steamy · erotic · titillating · risqué · suggestive · salacious
clear
Without obstruction or fog
exact · unequivocal · unambiguous · straightforward · definite · categorical · concrete · literal · point-blank · blunt
graphic
Vividly detailed or visual
- adultMature person, legally responsible
- matureFully grown or developed
- pornographicSexually explicit in content
X-rated · NSFW · racy · steamy · erotic · titillating · risqué · suggestive · salacious · lurid
profanity
Vulgar or obscene speech
expletives · foul · crude · coarse · crass · indecent · lewd · raunchy · filthy · smutty
explicitsimplications
Suggested but unspoken meanings
insinuations · hints · suggestions · innuendos · allusions
explicitsvagueness
Absence of precision
ambiguities · generalities · abstractions · obscurities · vagaries
- explicit contentMedia with mature themes
- explicit languageCrude or vulgar wording
- explicit lyricsProfane song words
- explicit material
- sexually explicitDepicting carnal acts openly
- explicit consentClearly stated agreement