139: layman Apr 26, 2015

The term 'layman' is now used to discuss the common-people, those without specialized knowledge in a particular field, but this was not always the meaning. The word was originally intended for reference to those whom do not belong to the clergy. The reason for saying layman was because members of the clergy cannot have sex; they cannot lay. A layman is a layman not because he is lying all day, but because he has the ability to be laying all day.