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* Pink is the colour of the [[snooker]] [[ball]] which has a 6-point value. |
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Roughly, pink is somewhat similar, but not synonymous with the term "bourgeoisie." Pink, is a much lighter and more playful term, while bourgeoisie still has a rather severe connotation thru its use by doctrinaire Marxists. |
Roughly, pink is somewhat similar, but not synonymous with the term "bourgeoisie." Pink, is a much lighter and more playful term, while bourgeoisie still has a rather severe connotation thru its use by doctrinaire Marxists. |
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In the beginning of the twenty first century, many people began to use the work "pink" as a rough English equivalent of "goy." Pink is ethnically and relgiously neutral, it could describe anybody. ("Rabbi Melhman's son Jeff is pink. Did you see that house he bought with the fake lawn?") |
In the beginning of the twenty first century, many people began to use the work "pink" as a rough English equivalent of "goy." Pink is ethnically and relgiously neutral, it could describe anybody. ("Rabbi Melhman's son Jeff is pink. Did you see that house he bought with the fake lawn?") |
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By "goyish," - this is the broader concept, as orginally developed by the comedian Lenny Bruce and elaborated by others. This has nothing to do with the strict defiition of word as "non Jews." Pink is far more broad than goyish and it avoids the problematic aspects of that word. Anybody can be pink. |
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Pink retains a playful ironic connotation, in part, because it is only in recent times that the word "pink" began to have a conservative connotation. Previously, the idea of "pink," was associated with the feminine, the political left, or homosexual political rights and/or culture.. |
Pink retains a playful ironic connotation, in part, because it is only in recent times that the word "pink" began to have a conservative connotation. |
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Previously, the idea of "pink," was associated with the feminine, the political left, or homosexual political rights and/or culture.. |
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That began to change in the later part of the twentieth century. |
That began to change in the later part of the twentieth century. |
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Homer Simpson was the first "pink" subject to be the center of TV celebrity. It has been said that Karl Rove, the political consultant to President Bush, is the 'Pied Piper of Pink America.' |
Homer Simpson was the first "pink" subject to be the center of TV celebrity. It has been said that Karl Rove, the political consultant to President Bush, is the 'Pied Piper of Pink America.' |
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Pink is also a new sociological term. See above. |
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Pink is also a new sociological term. It serves as an amorphous "catch all" description for the vast unlettered middle classes. It is used somewhat ironically, in the sense that it is only recently that it began to have a conservative connotation. Previusly, the idea of "pink," was associated with feminity, left wing politics, or homosexuals. |
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Revision as of 16:01, 13 January 2005
This article is about the color pink. Pink also has a number of other meanings. See Pink (disambiguation).
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Pink is a color made by mixing red and white and sometimes described as being a light red, but it is more accurately a bright undersaturated red. There are many different shades of this color. "Pink" was not a color word known to Shakespeare: it was invented in the 17th century to described the light red in pinks, hardy carnations of the genus Dianthus, named from the "pinked" edges of their petals, appearing to have been cut with pinking shears.
Usage, symbolism, colloquial expressions
- The color of pink is now associated with womanhood, just like blue is associated with boys and manhood, although The Ladies Home Journal said the reverse was the "generally accepted rule" in an edition of 1918, describing pink as "more decided and stronger" whilst blue was "more delicate and dainty". Carrie, from Sex and the City, for example, is seen wearing pink dresses very often in the television series, and Elle, from the Legally Blonde movie series, prefers pink over any other color.
- While the west typically refers to adult films as "blue movies", in Japan these films are often called "Pink Movies". Associated with females and generally carries a connotation of feminine, innocent, childlike, or with other pastels as spring or flowers. Cherry blossoms tend to show pink so this relation may be hinted at as well in anime. Pink also carries a connotation of sexuality in Japan. This may be because of pink's association with women, or from the pink hue of flesh or a blush or any number of such reasons.
- Many feminists on the other hand have decried the color pink, along with dresses and skirts, as something related to the pre-feminism "old-style female", which they detest as a symbol of the oppression and limitations of that era, although many other girls and women have sought to reclaim some aspects of the old-style female, including pink, as something to be proud of.
- Pink is also associated with homosexuals, often in the form of a pink triangle. This symbolic usage stems from the symbols used by the Nazis to label their prisoners in the concentration camps [1]. Where Jews were forced to wear the familiar yellow stars of David, convicted homosexual men were forced to wear a pink triangle. Nowadays, it is often worn with pride. A Dutch newsgroup about homosexuality is called nl.roze, roze being Dutch for pink.
- Pink is a new sociological term. Pink serves as an amorphous "catch all" description for the vast unlettered middle classes.
Roughly, pink is somewhat similar, but not synonymous with the term "bourgeoisie." Pink, is a much lighter and more playful term, while bourgeoisie still has a rather severe connotation thru its use by doctrinaire Marxists.
Pink began as slang word in the New York City area, by the ururban and suburban haute bourgeoisie.
At first , it was used either as a term of physical derision for those with an unflattering caucasion complexion. (ie -ultra white, "How could Allison date him! He's pink!")
Gradually, the term evolved and became used as a shorthand for the lower middle classes in "the heartland" or "red state America."
Part of it's irony is that is used primarily by those who feel class insecure, but cannot help but feel snobby anyway.
Yet, it always was used lightly and never with scientifc precision.("Honey, look at all the pink people in the mall!")("Bush only won because all those pink people in 'flyover country' think God choose him!")
In the beginning of the twenty first century, many people began to use the work "pink" as a rough English equivalent of "goy." Pink is ethnically and relgiously neutral, it could describe anybody. ("Rabbi Melhman's son Jeff is pink. Did you see that house he bought with the fake lawn?")
By "goyish," - this is the broader concept, as orginally developed by the comedian Lenny Bruce and elaborated by others. This has nothing to do with the strict defiition of word as "non Jews." Pink is far more broad than goyish and it avoids the problematic aspects of that word. Anybody can be pink.
Pink retains a playful ironic connotation, in part, because it is only in recent times that the word "pink" began to have a conservative connotation.
Previously, the idea of "pink," was associated with the feminine, the political left, or homosexual political rights and/or culture..
That began to change in the later part of the twentieth century.
Homer Simpson was the first "pink" subject to be the center of TV celebrity. It has been said that Karl Rove, the political consultant to President Bush, is the 'Pied Piper of Pink America.'
Hot pink is bold and intense or, as Elsa Schiaparelli, the first to use hot pink called it, "shocking pink".
Color coordinates
Hex triplet = #FFC0CB RGB (r, g, b) = (255, 192, 203) CMYK (c, m, y, k) = (0, 63, 52, 0) HSV (h, s, v) = (350, 25, 100)
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink"
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See also
Pink is also a new sociological term. See above.