posted by [identity profile] dglenn.livejournal.com at 10:44am on 2007-01-13
The way I learned it a long time ago (not supported by etymology IIRC, alas) is that "nude" means unadorned and "naked" means unprotected. So by that definition, wearing a hat and a string of pearls but nothing else would constitute naked but not nude, and wearing an invisible force-field and a sidearm would amount to being nude but not naked (unless it was a rather decorative sidearm).

It seems there are several variations on this theme; I find most of them entertaining. I wonder whether that says more about nudity, about language, or about me ...

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