Style Invitational Week 1119: We want hue so bad! Invent a new color name And the winning ‘typos’ in headlines, with the resulting interpretations Actually, we’d prefer you type your entries for Week 1119, a contest to name and describe a new color. (Bob Staake for The Washington Post) By Pat Myers April 9 (Click here to skip down <#report> to the results of Week 1115, our headline “typo” contest) *You’ll Never Take Me Alive Copper: The color of a dirty rat. *(Tom Criss; Dave Ferry) *Oxymaroon: A perky brown.* (Gina Morgan; Mike Thring) *Govern Mint: Please refer to specification Mil-Q- 17983245, Rev. G, w/Appendix J, which details the hue, tone, shade, tolerance, refraction, reflection, intensity and brilliance of this color. *(Paul Styrene, aka Ted Weitzman) This week’s second prize, the Happy Pill: Go ahead and operate heavy machinery. It’s all good. (Not to be taken internally.) (Pat Myers/The Washington Post) The colors above were among the winning entries in a contest from Year 1 of The Style Invitational, back in 1993. It was a contest to “name a new crayon color for the 1990s,” pegged to Crayola’s own innovations of “Tickle Me Pink” and “Macaroni and Cheese.” Given that many of Week 39’s entries were as 1990s-colored as a Dodge Caravan in Island Teal, there were references to Joey Buttafuoco, William Kennedy Smith and the Rainbow Coalition — the Empress figures we can give this contest another go: *This week: Invent a name for a color and describe it, * as in the examples above. They can be crayon colors, car colors, wall paint colors, lipstick colors, whatever. Winner gets the Inkin’ Memorial , the Lincoln statue bobblehead that is the official Style Invitational trophy. Second place receives the appropriately colorful Happy Pill, a pink and white hand-size plush toy capsule you can squeeze to its evident delight, since it commences to giggle raucously for 13 interminable seconds. Donated by the inexplicably beaming Dave Prevar. *Other runners-up* win their choice of a yearned-for Loser Mug or the ardently desired “Whole Fools” Grossery Bag. Honorable mentions get a lusted-after Loser magnet designed by Bob Staake: either “The Wit Hit the Fan” or “Hardly Har-Har.” First Offenders receive a smelly tree-shaped air “freshener” (FirStink for their first ink). E-mail entries to /losers@washpost.com / or, if you were born in the 19th century, fax to 202-334-4312. Deadline is Monday, April 20; results published May 10 (online May 7). You may submit up to 25 entries per contest. Include “Week 1119” in your e-mail subject line or it might be ignored as spam. Include your real name, postal address and phone number with your entry. See contest rules and guidelines at wapo.st/InvRules . The headline for this week’s results is by Chris Doyle; the honorable-mentions subhead is by Roy Ashley. Join the lively Style Invitational Devotees group on Facebook at /on.fb.me/invdev ./ “Like” the Style Invitational Ink of the Day on Facebook at /bit.ly/inkofday. / *The Style Conversational:* The Empress’s weekly online column discusses each new contest and set of results. Especially if you plan to enter, check it out at wapo.st/styleconv . And the results of the Style Invitational contest announced four weeks ago . . . HEAD-LYIN’ NEWS: THE WINNING ‘TYPOS’ OF WEEK 1115: *In Week 1115* we asked readers to choose a headline appearing in The Post, and then create a “typo” by adding, deleting or substituting a letter; transposing two letters; or changing the spacing or punctuation. All of you who changed “public” to “pubic,” you get no points for originality. 4th place: Top *Pot-seeded Terps are all smiles* U-Md. drops ban on grow-boxes in dorms (Chris Doyle, Ponder, Tex.) 3rd place: Metro *Retro leader search on hold* Nation decides Clinton vs. Bush will be retro enough (Frank Osen, Pasadena, Calif.) 2nd place and the pink velveteen squid hat: *Netanyahu:* No *Go Palestinian State * Surprising upset pick in Bibi’s NCAA bracket (Brian Collins, Olney, Md.) And the winner of the Inkin’ Memorial: *Royal Couple Checks Out the* Mall *Malt* Charles chugs Colt 45s while Camilla crushes cans against royal forehead (Gary Crockett, Chevy Chase, Md.) Typo negative: honorable mentions ** *I found my * soul *foul mate, my best friend* BO leads wife to husband’s hiding place (Richard Lempert, Arlington, Va.) *If I can do just a few more reps, a few more* miles *males . . . * Congressional groupie testifies (Chris Doyle) *When Spock dies, Obama takes * note *nose* Desk ornament ‘reminds me to be logical’; both ears already taken (Neal Starkman, Seattle) *U.S. Loses Track of Arms Sent to * Yemen *Yesmen* But allies ‘seemed so agreeable,’ State Dept. official laments (Mark Raffman, Reston, Va.; Richard Gasparotti, Cockeysville, Md., a First Offender) *Putin Says Ease of Action in* Crimea *Crime Was Surprising* ‘But I’ll stop robbing liquor stores anyway,’ leader pledges (Elden Carnahan, Laurel, Md.) *A renewed push for* unions *bunions* Tiny shoes with four-inch heels back in fashion (Kevin Dopart, Washington) *Cruz set to * make *mate campaign official* Candidate says he wants to ‘know’ his staff (Elden Carnahan) *Wine and * dine *din* The baby-friendly bars of D.C. (Todd DeLap, Fairfax, Va.) *Document * details *retails ex-Va. first lady’s would-be testimony* The McDonnells: What won’t they sell? (Ben Aronin, Washington) *What else could we try to ease * highway *thighway congestion?* How ’bout keepin’ Your Mama locked up? (Jon Gearhart, Des Moines) *Teasing out the drama of ordinary* lives *olives* Martini veterans’ tales will leave you shaken, stirred (Howard Walderman, Columbia, Md.) *Are your * tenants *ten ants moving out? * Entomologist gives comforting tips for empty-nesters (Chris Doyle) Open *Oxen government’s promise falls short* BS production can’t match human legislators’ (Gary Crockett) *The unkindest cut* of *off all* Vengeful mohels go overboard (Ivars Kuskevics, Takoma Park) *Police arrest 5 in suspected* bomb *OMB plot* Rogue budget analysts accused of moving decimal point in FY ’17 baseline (Howard Walderman) *How an Easy Bill Got* Stalled *Stalked* Clinton’s still blaming it on Monica (Barry Koch, Catlett, Va.) *Charles and Camilla spend a packed day in* D.C. *W.C.* Irregularity causes change in sightseeing plans (Frank Osen) *Netanyahu’s win points to 2 more years of* strained *stained U.S.-Israel ties* Difficult to get the spit, vomit out (Mark Raffman) *Chicago* River *Liver Goes Green for St. Patrick’s Day* Unlikely to catch on as corned beef alternative, chefs say (George-Ann Rosenberg, Washington) *Wizards stave off* Blazers’ *blazers’ comeback* Hogwarts faculty may continue to wear robes, Dumbledore says (Catherine Hagman, Silver Spring, Md.) *Fairfax may revise its* grading *goading standards* Double dog dare could be upgraded to triple (Gary Crockett) *Offshore drilling is too* risky *frisky for Virginia* But Marylanders eager for shipboard liaisons (Ann Martin, Falls Church, Va.) *Obama visits troubled * VA *VP facility* President calls on Biden at home, reassures him that people are laughing/with/ him (Ira Allen, Bethesda, Md.) *Secret Service picks * insider *inside for No. 2 spot* Agents thrilled to finally get indoor plumbing (William Lieberman, Ellicott City, Md.) *His rise stalled, can Jindal regain* flight *fright path? * Route to GOP nod linked to effective fearmongering (Jeff Contompasis, Ashburn, Va.) *An incomplete Student* Aid *Acid Bill of Rights* ‘I was gonna finish it but, dude, the colors! And it was kinda squirming.’ (Gary Crockett) *If you’re not my baby, I don’t want to hear your opinions on * breastfeeding *beastfeeding* Woman insists she enjoys making dinner for man everyone else calls ‘@##$-head’ (Roger Dalrymple, Gettysburg, Pa.) *Off-duty cop hurt in one-way* crash *crush* Patrolman still moons over dispatcher who won’t give him time of day (Elden Carnahan) *Secret Service agents disrupted * bomb *boob probe* Crashed car into mammogram exam room (Patrick Olsen, Norfolk, Va., a First Offender) ** *D.C.’s best* dishes *disses of 2015* ‘Get out of here, you lowlife scum!’ gushes tearful winner (Frank Osen) ‘*I’m the best nose* tackle *tackler in the league’* Knighton vows to master ear tackling next (Robert Gallagher, Charleston, S.C.) *So long,* SAT *FAT: Admissions are about to change* Your diet regimen after gastric bypass surgery (Michael Greene, Richmond) *Still running — deadline Monday night, April 13: Our annual horse name “breeding” contest. See bit.ly/invite1118 . *