I need a color name for an outrageous shade of lipstick -- preferably not only campy/funny, but unlikely to be worn by anyone else (any other *character*, thank you very much). Please and thank you.
Update: on the civilian thing, for now, I'm going with a phrase that makes sense in context.
Gracias por todo, IP
Dear IP: just to break the ice, "bagnio blush".
how about "sprezzatura"?
f*@kin' fuchsia
Edited for expletive (!) and misspelling (!!)
I kind of like "fuckin fuschia" (although I am *surprised* at the author, to say the least) and it does answer the unasked question of how you spell "fuschia." (You see, I couldn't spell it to ask it). So, if you'll let me, I'll leave it at 'fuschia." Thanks, kindly. yIP
Told you I couldn't spell it. -- Thanks
(That the shrub is a primrose is appropriate in context)
'cept I misspelled it.
Fuchsia is not so uncommon, though, IP -- look at some cosmetics website like Revlon or Maybelline or something -- I think you still need a qualifier. Maybe
freakin'?
fuchsia sprezzatura?
Named after the German botanist, Leonhard Fuchs (1501–1566) [A-H]. I like his name lion hard fox. Reminds me of a book on mathematical relationships in art by one Wilhelm Fucks (an Austrian variant of Fuchs) that I once checked out of the university library as a freshman.
Dear IP: Surely you know the German word for "fox"!!!!
<<I like his name lion hard fox>>
Maybe "lion hard fuchsia"?
It's just a tiny plot device and can be changed later. With that, this thread has officially satisfied it's original purpose. I hereby disown it and take no further responsibility for its behavior.
Will note, however, that both 'primrose' and 'sprezzura' may involve deceptions. And, for that matter, so may lipsticks. With that...
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And the female fox is called a vixen from an English dialect where f and v were interchanged. How about Minor Vauxhall (for a lipstick shade) while we're free associating. Aside, one of the few jobs open to linguists outside of academe is for companies that specialize in coining new names / trademarks. Also, working for many US departments of motor vehicles making sure that vanity plates are saying something naughty in some non-English language.
making sure that vanity plates are saying something naughty in some non-English language
Certainly wouldn't want it any other way.
I meant "aren't saying" but didn't type it that way. Sigh.
>I meant
aren'tActually, I thought the sentence as typed seemed nicely iilustrative of current US foreign policy.
I thought the sentence as typed seemed nicely iilustrative of current US foreign policy.What? The free association? or the missing negative?
Depending on the age of the character, how about Midlife Magenta?
(Yeah, I know you take no responsability for anything that comes after, but I waz werkin while youz guyz were playin')
<<midlife magenta>>
Well, yes, but she dies about six hours later.
>>she dies about six hours later.
Last Gasp Lavendar.
she dies about six hours later
How about some foreshadowing with "Fuchsia Fatale"
she dies about six hours later
blood stain
Not that the many suggestions aren't creative and all, but how can we help you with a lipstick name when you haven't told us the color? Is this going to be a red lipstick? Orangy? Pink? Purple? Black? Will it be a matte color? Pearlized? Wet look?
how can we help you with a lipstick name when you haven't told us the color? Is this going to be a red lipstick? Orangy? Pink? Purple? Black?
Why not make it all of the above and call it "Bordello"?
I'll betcha "Bordello" would be a big seller.
True fact! At one time, a few years back, before my beloved and witty daughter grew into sensibility, she wore a shade of lipstick called "Urban Decay." Honest.
>>urban decay<<
That's it!
(Does your daughter act? -- No, you said 'sensible.')
"Eureka!" Re: urban decay
"Urban Decay" is definitely what you want. And I've got the marketing slogan:
"You can go anywhere in Urban Decay."
In fact, nowadays, Urban Decay is just about everywhere.
Urban Decay. Definitely the lipstick for our times.
Urban Decay will never wear out. It just crumbles around you.
It is SO hot! It's almost Depraved.
Save Depraved for all the wrong places.
"Depraved will get you in" but it comes with a "Caution".
"You may never get out."
BTW if your character requires a selection of lipsticks so she can change her look to suit her mood, how about "Strawberry Tart"? Or "Urban Underbelly"? [Oops! That's that an eau de parfum.]