Word: avocado
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...From the jazz age onward, pop culture has gone polychrome in a big way: color, brilliant and various, has been almost obligatory in all things, from clothing to kitchen appliances to automobiles to furniture. What was not cotton-candy pink was smile-button yellow; if not sunset orange, then avocado green. Black, however, remained stricken from the palette, used only when demanded by function or material (tires, outdoor grills, cast-iron skillets) and in a few ritual contexts (limousines and hearses, tuxedoes, evening gowns and the costumes of mourners and clerics). When people had a choice of colors, they...
...year that baby boomers spend on remodeling is devoted to aging-in-place modifications. And with the graying of the nation's population, the demand for universal design "isn't even a trend, it's a necessity," says Melanie Hinton, formerly of NAHB. "It's not going away like avocado and harvest-gold appliances." --By Elizabeth Pope
...famous and host a posh wine and schmoozing affair in the store’s Restaurant L, which features minimalist slate gray walls, weird-looking flowers and hip-looking people. Select from an hors d’oeuvres list that includes prawn tempura, soybean wontons and crab cakes with avocado mousse and cotton candy. Manager and sommelier Brick Loomis promises to arrange mood-setting candles and negotiable fees...
Sometimes the story behind the hue du jour is about technology. In the 1970s, innovations in polyesters brought dullish tones like avocado and puce into fashion. Other times colors catch on by dint of one person's affection. Nancy Reagan almost single-handedly made red the new black. And any forecaster will tell you that one of the boldest moves in color trending came from the 1998 introduction of the Apple iMac, which brought juicy hues like grape and lime into the mainstream. That may also have been the first recent appearance of aqua...
...manager universally nicknamed “Woody,” estimates that his restaurant sells 330 sandwiches on an average day—about a third of these are Mount Auburns or Hubbard Parks. The latter is a light vegetarian sandwich of carrots, tomato, sprouts green apple slices, hummus, avocado, a splash of homemade honey mustard dressing and a slice of cheddar if desired...