Awfully Peculiar Racket - Ordinary Names Yield Meanings, Surprisingly!
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| 100% | ABRAM | A Brownish Red, Auburn Modernly. |
Angela Brett |
| 100% | AZURE | Air Zone: Unique Refraction Effect |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | AZURE (2) | A Zuni Using Rain Energy |
Rico Leffanta |
| 100% | BABY BLUE | Bonnie And Bouncy, Your Bairn Looks Unusually Elegant |
Tony McCoy O'Godfather People & Relationships:Family |
| 100% | BEIGE | Bright, Excitable Irish Guy's Enjoyable. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | BLACK | Basically Lightless, As Coal / Kohl |
Angela Brett |
| 100% | BLACK (3) | Basically Lacking All Colour Knowledge |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | BLOND | Beautiful Lady Of Nordic Descent |
Jan Morgan People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene |
| 100% | BLUE | Badly Lovesick? Unhappy, Emotionally... |
Angela Brett |
| 100% | BLUE (2) | Brings Laziness Unto Extremes |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | BLUE (3) | Below Life's Usual Excitement |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Emotions |
| 100% | BLUE (4) | Blue Lakes. Unbounded Expanses. |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Places:Waterways |
| 100% | BLUE (5) | Beautifully Laced Unique Ensemble |
Jan Morgan Household Objects:Clothing |
| 0% | BONDI | Blue Of New, Dreamy iMac |
Angela Brett... though Tony suggested 'Dashing,' rather than 'Dreamy.' Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware |
| 100% | COLOR | Collection Of Light Originates Rainbow. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | COLOR (2) | Crayons Occur Lively Or Rich |
Jan Morgan Art & Literature |
| 96% | COLORS OF THE RAINBOW ACRONYM | Categories Of Light -- Only Radiation Seen. (Only Formed This Horrid Expansion Responding to An Immoderately Notated Beseeching Of Website, Assumed Chasing 'ROYGBIV' -- One Notably Yucky Mnemonic.) |
Angela Brett, after somebody searched for that phrase on the website. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 89% | GRAPHITE | G4's Radical, Apparently Pencil-like Hue Is Truly Elegant. |
Angela Brett Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware |
| 71% | GREEN | Grass-colour Reminds Environmentalists of Extraordinary Nature. |
Angela Brett |
| 100% | GREEN (2) | Generally Reflects Energetic, Emergent Nature |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | GREEN (3) | Generally Reveals Earth's Effusive Nature |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | GREEN (4) | Grass Ranges Earth Enveloping Nurturing |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Science:Biology:Plants |
| 100% | GREY | Generally Reveals Elderly Years |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Time:Age |
| 100% | HAZEL | Hers Are Zany Eye-Lashes |
TMcCO'G Names:First names:Female |
| 100% | LIVID (2) | Lead Isn't Vivid, It's Dull |
Angela Brett, thinking about how livid rhymes with vivid despite having almost the opposite meaning. |
| 100% | PINK | Personally, I'm Not Kinky |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | PINK (2) | Perfectly Irresistible Neckline/Newlywed/Negligee, Knockout |
Jan Morgan Household Objects:Clothing |
| 86% | PURPLE | Prussian-blue Underneath Red Paint... & Lavender's Engineered! |
Angela Brett |
| 100% | PURPLE (2) | Perhaps Upperclass/ Royal People Look Elegant |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | PURPLE (3) | Purely Used, Regal Passionate Lush Emotions |
Jan Morgan |
| 88% | PURPPLE | Pinnk, Umbber, Redd, Peeach, Pearrl, Lemmon and Euccalyptus |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, after Angela pointed out that he'd put an extra P word in the expansion of PURPLE in the 'ROSES ARE RED...' acronym. He explained that purpple is a particularly strong colour made up of those listed in the expansion. Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words |
| 75% | RED | Reminder of Everpresent Danger |
Angela Brett |
| 100% | RED! | Rises Ends, Danger! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Rises Ends: Sunrises, Sunsets. Red Label: Danger! |
| 100% | RED (2) | Rather Exciting Decoratively |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | RED (3) | Regularly Exposes Dangers |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | RED (4) | Responsible Elevated Daily! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. referring to sunrise. |
| 100% | SPECTRUM | See Practically Every Colour Through Rays' Unusual Motif |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Physics |
| 100% | VIOLET | Very Intense On Lady's Eyelids - Tempting |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | WHITE | Wedding's Hue Is Terrifically Elegant. |
Angela Brett |
| 100% | WHITE (2) | When Hair Is Terminally Elderly |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | XANTH- | Xyris: Aptly Named! Tint's Here |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (Xyris is a yellow plant, and Xanth denotes yellowness.) |
| 88% | XANTHIC | (e)-Xactly A Noticeable Tint Has Its Colors |
Jan Morgan |
| 86% | YELLOW | Yolk of Eggs, Lots Like Off-White. |
Angela Brett |
| 100% | YELLOW (2) | Yolk's Exceptionally Lovely, Lying On White |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | YELLOW (3) | Yellow Encased Long Lush. Organic Wonderful! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Banana. Food & Drink |