Very well it seems I have foot in mouth-itis this week.  The terms
[Lemon/Lime] originated from a couple of sources I am not going to get
into.  The short of it is that when you read a fic with graphically
sexual content , you tend to walk away with a sour, bitter taste in your
mouth.  Hence the citrus reference, thus Lemon became a slang term for a
strong occurrence with connotations to this regard, and finally Lime for
a weaker reference to this occurrence.  I hope I have properly removed
my foot from my mouth now...if you'll excuse me I have to go wash out
this bitter taste from my mouth... ^_~

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-----Original Message-----
From: kuro taka <kurotaka2@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: ffml@fanfic.com <ffml@fanfic.com>
Date: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 11:56 AM
Subject: [ffml] [spam] lemon question

In the course of introducing friends to anime and fanfics the question
has often been asked of me, why are lemon fics called that?  I have
never had an answer.  So now I put the question to you.
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