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> clearcut in a you know it when you see it kind of way.

"clearcut" and "you know it when you see it" seem like polar opposite concepts to me.



If you know something the very moment you see it, then that fact is "clear" to you. That is the general meaning of "clearcut".


Clearcut is something that is easily / sharply defined. If you only know something when you see it then that thing is by its very nature not easily defined / loosely defined. These are opposite things. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_know_it_when_I_see_it


Hmm, I see I was wrong.




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