Editing Purple (section)

=== Idioms and expressions ===
*'''[[Purple prose]]''' refers to pretentious or overly embellished writing. For example, a paragraph containing an excessive number of long and unusual words is called a purple passage.
*'''[[Born in the purple|Born to the purple]]''' means someone who is born into a life of wealth and privilege. It originally was used to describe the rulers of the [[Byzantine Empire]].
*A '''purple patch''' is a period of exceptional success or good luck.<ref>{{Cite dictionary |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/purple_patch |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122034840/https://www.lexico.com/definition/purple_patch |archive-date=January 22, 2021 |title=purple patch |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref> The origins are obscure, but it may refer to the symbol of success of the Byzantine Court. Bishops in Byzantium wore a purple patch on their costume as a symbol of rank.
*'''Purple haze''' refers to a state of mind induced by [[psychedelic drug]]s, particularly [[LSD]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cottrell |first1=Robert C. |title=Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll: The Rise of America's 1960s Counterculture |date=2015 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4422-4607-2 |page=134 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NGGGBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA134 |language=en |quote=a confusing drug-induced state}}</ref>
*'''Wearing purple''' is a military slang expression in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. for an officer who is serving in a joint assignment with another service, such as an Army officer on assignment to the Navy. The officer is symbolically putting aside his or her traditional uniform color and exclusive loyalty to their service during the joint assignment, though in fact they continue to wear their own service's uniform.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jointness |url=http://www.carlisle.army.mil/library/bibs/joint07.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110106130755/http://www.carlisle.army.mil/library/bibs/joint07.pdf |archive-date=6 January 2011 |access-date=22 May 2022 |website=www.carlisle.army.mil}}</ref>
*'''[[Purple squirrel]]''' is a term used by employment recruiters to describe a job candidate with precisely the right education, experience, and qualifications that perfectly fits a job's multifaceted requirements. The assumption is that the perfect candidate is as rare as a real-life purple squirrel.