Difference between revisions of "Blue streak"

Revision as of 10:20, 12 August 2008

blue: the colour of pen used by "Shem the penman" when inditing ALP's letter to HCE

blue-chip: a term applied in the stock market to the most reliable industrial shares, which are always highly valued due to public confidence in them → see bourseday

blue streak: Ulysses had a blue streak on its dustcover (i.e. the Greek national flag) → Shem is Joyce, who wrote Ulysses

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-* the color of pen used by "Shem the penman"
+* '''blue:''' the colour of pen used by "Shem the penman" when inditing [[ALP|ALP's]] letter to [[HCE]]
-* [http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=blue%20streak Blue Streak] - something moving very fast.
-* A "Blue Chip" in the stock market is one that sells at a higher price due to its public confidence. See [[bourseday]].
+* '''blue streak:''' something moving as fast as lightning
+** [http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=blue%20streak Blue Streak]
+* '''blue-chip:''' a term applied in the stock market to the most reliable industrial shares, which are always highly valued due to public confidence in them &rarr; see [[bourseday]]
+* '''blue streak:''' ''[[Ulysses]]'' had a blue streak on its dustcover (i.e. the Greek national flag) &rarr; [[Shem]] is Joyce, who wrote ''Ulysses''