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If someone told you, “I don’t expect you to know what cool people wear, but I can tell you that green jeans are not it,” what is his or her explicit message?

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B. You are not cool

An implicit message is something that is hinted at but not directly stated by the speaker. In this case the phrase "I don't expect you to know what cool people wear" implies that the person being spoken to is not cool.

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The explicit message is that cool people do not wear green jeans

Step-by-step explanation:

This is told to us directly from the statement.

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