Style Invitational Week 1237: Our alliteracy campaign Write a headline whose words start with the same letter; plus more foal names from spring (Bob Staake for The Washington Post) By Pat Myers By Pat Myers Entertainment July 20 // (Click here to skip down <#report> to more “foal” names from Weeks 1222 and 1226) *Chris Christie’s Copious Corpus Caught in Cocky Comfort on Closed Coast * /(Original headline, from VanityFair.com: / /“Chris Christie Caught Sunbathing After Closing All State Beaches Over July Fourth Weekend”/ Here’s a contest we, amazingly, haven’t done before. It was suggested way back last summer, in those innocent times, by Loser Bill Verkuilen, who’d seen an article about a protest in which environmental activists left piles of fake manure under donkey statues set up at the Democratic National Convention. The Associated Press headline read: “Fracking foes put fake feces under donkey art displays.” Bill’s friend thought the AP should have followed through with the alliteration, suggesting “Foes furnish fake feces for free-standing federal faction furnishings.” Bill countered with “Drilling denouncers deliver dramatic DNC donkey doodoo.”  This week: *Rewrite an existing headline from any publication, print or online — about something in the news from July 20 to 31, by using alliteration *— starting most of the words with the same letter (or letter /sound,/ as in “Kansas Corn”). Include the original headline and give the publication’s name and date. You may use either news headlines or ads. While not /all / the words in the headline need begin with the same letter, the effect will probably be weakened if a significant word isn’t with the program. These leggings really show off your muscles -- well, someone's muscles. (rosegal.com) Submit entries at this website: *wapo.st/enter-invite-1237* (all lowercase). Winner gets the *Inkin’ Memorial ,* the Lincoln statue bobblehead that is the official Style Invitational trophy — one of the last few before we come out with a new design. Second place receives a pair of spandex leggings with the legs’ muscles, tendons, etc., depicted on them. Creeeepy. Donated by 300-time Loser Dave Prevar. *Other runners-up *win our “You Gotta Play to Lose” Loser Mug or our Grossery Bag, “I Got a B in Punmanship.” Honorable mentions get one of our lusted-after Loser magnets, “No Childishness Left Behind” or “Magnum Dopus.” First Offenders receive only a smelly tree-shaped air “freshener” (FirStink for their first ink). Deadline is Monday night, July 31; results published Aug. 20 (online Aug. 17). See general contest rules and guidelines at wapo.st/InvRules . Join the Style Invitational Devotees group on Facebook at /on.fb.me/invdev ./ “Like” Style Invitational Ink of the Day on Facebook at /bit.ly/inkofday. / *The Style Conversational, * the Empress’s weekly online column, isn’t happening this week or next, but the Empress will take questions at pat.myers@washpost.com. And from The Style Invitational four weeks ago . . . The Empress is off on vacation, correcting people’s grammar in other cities, so this week we bring you more honorable mentions from this year’s two “foal” name contests: *Week 1222* was our 22nd annual challenge to “breed” any two names from a list of this year’s Triple Crown nominees, and to name the resulting “foal” that alludes to both parents’ names. Then in *Week 1226*, we had you “breed” any two of those winning names and name the “grandfoal.” The first contest drew almost 4,000 entries and the second almost 2,000, and the E is happy to have a chance to share more of them. Today’s Losers will get Loser magnets if they didn’t get ink in the original contest. (See the original results at *bit.ly/invite1226 * and *bit.ly/invite1230 *.) More ‘foals’ from Week 1222 *Action Everyday x Adornes = Bruce Frillis* (Beth Morgan, Palo Alto, Calif.) *Classic Rock x Gummy = Eleanor Wriggly* (Laurie Brink, Cleveland, Mo.) *Mo Town x Vanish = No Town *(Jonathan Hardis, Gaithersburg, Md.) *My Blue Heaven x Action Everyday = Heaven Can Wait* (Harold Mantle, Walnut Creek, Calif.) *Always Dreaming x Classic Rock = Zzzzzzz Top* (John Hutchins, Silver Spring, Md.) *Blueridge Traveler x The Stranger = Hillbilly Joel* (Deb Stewart, Damascus, Md.) *Cloud Computing x My Blue Heaven = The PERLy Gates* (Pete Morelewicz, Fredericksburg, Va.) *Fillet of Sole x Pollock = Fish and Drips* (Malcolm Fleschner, Palo Alto, Calif.) *Excitations x Factorial = !!! *(Bernard Brink, Cleveland, Mo.; Nan Reiner, Boca Raton, Fla.) *Gummy x American Anthem = MyGumTreeTisOfThee* (Chris Doyle, Denton, Tex.) I*t’s Your Nickel x Gummy = Montijello* (Larry Gray, Union Bridge, Md.) *It’s Your Nickel x Horse Fly = Buffalo Wings* (Elizabeth Kline, Frederick, Md.) *Big Gray Rocket x Thunder Snow = MOABominable* (Mike Ostapiej, Mount Pleasant, S.C.) *Dangerfield x Mo Town = No R-E-S-P-E-C-T* (Larry Gray) *One Liner x Always Dreaming = Henny Jungman* (Steve Fahey, Kensington, Md.) *Local Hero x Convict Pike = The Hoagie Pokey* (Danielle Nowlin, Fairfax Station, Va.) *Pat on the Back x Excitations = Pat on the Front* (Barry Koch, Catlett, Va.) *El Areeb x Bobby Abu Dhabi = No Visa for You! *(Mike Creveling, La Plata, Md.) *Iliad x My Blue Heaven = Trojan Hearse* (Rob Huffman, Fredericksburg, Va.) *Irap x J Boys Echo = JAY Jay jay Z zzz* (Mia Wyatt, Ellicott City, Md.) *Always Dreaming x Comma Sister = Coma Sister* (Brian Halbert, Ashburn, Va.; Mark Raffman, Reston, Va.; Beverley Sharp, Montgomery, Ala.) *Big Gray Rocket x Fast and Accurate = Hope It’s Ours! *(George Smith, Frederick, Md.) *Fact Finding x The Hardest Way = Not Making Them Up* (Mark Raffman) And more ‘grandfoals’ from Week 1226 *Fish Shtick x Lover & Lever = Misses Paul *(Andrew Hoenig, Rockville, Md.) *Hive Got Rhythm x Have One Skittle = Bee Stingy* (Duncan Stevens, Vienna, Va.) *The Half-Dime Show x Don’s Surly Slight = Nickel Odium* (Duncan Stevens; Kevin Dopart, Washington) *Help a Thief! x Don’s Surly Slight = GrabHerPurse, See?* (Chris Doyle) *In a Minute Dear x Man Asses = KeepYourPants On! *(Jesse Frankovich, Lansing, Mich.) *In a Minute Dear x Read It and Veep = Keep Your Pence On* (Jim Holt, Washington) *Titan the Screw x P.A.T. on the Back = Atlas Hugged *(Pamela Love, Columbia, Md.) *Help a Thief! x Man Asses = Aiding & Abutting *(William Kennard, Arlington, Va.; David Garratt, Silver City, N.M.) *Help a Thief! x O Say, Can You C++ = Aid and a Bot *(Kevin Dopart) *Troy, Troy Again x O Say, Can You C++ = Geeks Bearing GIFs *(Beryl Benderly, Washington) *O Say, Can You C++ x No, It’s Iowa = O Say, Can You D-* (Drew Bennett, West Plains, Mo.) *Titan the Screw x In a Minute Dear = 60 Second Man *(Jeff Shirley, Richmond) *Et Tupac? x Man Asses = Shakur Booties *(May Jampathom, Oakhurst, N.J.; Dave Zarrow, Reston, Va.) *Left Right Repeat x Titan the Screw = Boxing Wring *(Brad Alexander, Wanneroo, Australia) *Read It and Veep x No, It’s Iowa = Julia SooeyDreyfus* (Roy Ashley, Washington) *Fish Shtick x Love Hertz = 50 Shads of Grey *(Mary McNamara, Washington; Larry Gray) *Man Asses x In a Minute Dear = Tuchus a While *(Dudley Thompson, Cary, N.C.) *Bonus Pints x The Who? = Pinball Whizzer *(John Hutchins; Rob Huffman) *Carnegie Dali x Help a Thief! = Lox & Burgle *(Jeff Shirley) *Chinese Checkers x Man Asses = Chinese Cheekers *(Warren Tanabe, Annapolis, Md.) *Bed Bath N Bayonne x Disappearing Inc. = Bed Bath N Begone *(Tom Witte, Montgomery Village, Md.; Jon Gearhart, Des Moines) *Congrats, Loser x Bed Bath N Bayonne = Flunk, Bunk N Dunk *(Mae Scanlan, Washington) *Shall I Comp Thee? x Bare It Browning = Free Bard!* (Dave Matuskey, Sacramento) *Bare It Browning x Spruuuuce!!! = Porn in the USA *(Mark Raffman) *The Who? x Bare It Browning = Keith’s Moon *(Tom Witte) *Still running — deadline Monday night, July 26: two separate contests! Enter Week 1235 for song parodies about science and technology, at wapo.st/invite1235 , plus Week 1236 for bogus etymologies, atwapo.st/invite1236 . *