Ronian's Blue Zone
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Friday, July 27, 2007
Language of Blue
The use of blue in familiar phrases can help one see how their color of choice might be perceived by others, both the positive and negative aspects.

Good blue
  • True blue - someone loyal and faithful
  • Out of the blue - unexpected (could be positive or negative)
  • Blue ribbon - first rate, top prize
  • Blueblood - person of noble birth, royalty
  • Bluestocking - well-read or scholarly woman
  • Bluebook - register of socially prominent people
  • The Blues (capitalized) - popular style of music sometimes characterized by melancholy melodies and words
  • Baby blues - Blue eyes (also see Bad blue words)


Bad blue

  • Feeling blue - feeling sad or depressed
  • Blue devils - feelings of depression
  • The blues (not capitalized) - depression, state of sadness
  • Blue Monday - feeling sad
  • Baby blues - post-partum depression
  • Singing the blues - bemoaning one's circumstances
  • Blue laws - laws originally intended to enforce certain moral standards
  • Blue language - profanity
  • Bluenose - puritanical individual
  • Into the blue - entering the unknown or escape to parts unknown
  • Out of the blue - unexpected (could be positive or negative)

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