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Word: splashier (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...relaxed look," a slimmer, trimmer, tighter version of the chemise. One fast comer is the empire style-a bust-emphasizing high waist with a flaring skirt. Fall dresses will be two or three inches shorter than last fall's models, and colors will be gayer and splashier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Scrapped Sack | 6/30/1958 | See Source »

...Chrysler's strategy "to combat sales slump" is splashier trim and more chrome. How unrealistic can they get? What they ought to do is rip the nasty stuff off their monsters and cut prices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 28, 1958 | 4/28/1958 | See Source »

...CHRYSLERS with quickie retrimming job will be wheeled out this month to combat sales slump. Windsor, Saratoga and New Yorker models will have splashier trim all around, sweeping chrome strips along side and rear panels, plus mascara-like black paint around headlights for "space age effect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Apr. 7, 1958 | 4/7/1958 | See Source »

...turbodrive" transmission for cars with the big engine, which combines a triple turbine and variable blades (like Buick's Dynaflow) for speedier getaway and better highway mileage. On bodies, Chevy spent some $50 million for a facelift: a new grille; higher, more sharply swept tail fins; a splashier chrome-and-paint treatment for the side panels. The new cars will cost more. Prices will be from $50 to $166 more per car depending on the model...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: Two for the Road | 10/22/1956 | See Source »

...Saturday Evening Post (circ. 4,600,000) made major changes in its makeup. But last week readers of the Satevepost saw a big difference. There were more pictures-some spread across two pages or running necklace-fashion around text. There were wider margins, gaps of white space, splashier illustrations, and a Collier's-like short-short story. As body type for its stories and articles, the Satevepost replaced its familiar Century Schoolbook type with a lighter version of an old-fashioned design by John Baskerville, great and good friend of Satevepost Patron Saint Benjamin Franklin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: New Look for the Satevepost | 10/10/1955 | See Source »

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