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
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*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
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*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 . *