Talk:neon

merged with translations found on http://elements.vanderkrogt.net/elem/ne.html

I would like to thank Peter for being so generous to set them free. He would appreciate it, if we send him corrections or additions.Polyglot 01:06, 25 Dec 2003 (UTC)

RFD discussion: October–December 2018
Once again the adjective is a noun modifier. I wonder whether these can be moved to the noun without sending them to RFD. As shown in Oxford:
 * 1.3[as modifier] Very bright or fluorescent in colour.
 * ‘she had recently dyed her hair neon pink’
 * So the definition isn't wrong, it's merely in the wrong place. DonnanZ (talk) 09:14, 5 October 2018 (UTC)
 * The OED has an adjective section (described as "attributive") - "orig. U.S. Of or resembling a neon light, esp. in being brilliantly coloured; bright, gaudy, glowing." SemperBlotto (talk) 09:17, 5 October 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep Purplebackpack89 13:44, 5 October 2018 (UTC)
 * You didn't say what to keep it as. DonnanZ (talk) 17:45, 5 October 2018 (UTC)
 * As an adjective. Purple</b><b style="color:#991C99">back</b><b style="color:#C3C">pack</b><b style="color:#FB0">89</b></b> 21:53, 10 October 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep as an adjective, in an adjective section; I am talking of the sense "That resembles a neon light; extremely bright; fluorescent". Thus, keep "as is". First, I would rank it as an adjective since that is how it behaves. Let me remind that there are incomparable adjectives, e.g. lumbar. Second, it is entered as an adjective in M-W, AHD and Macmillan; OTOH other solution is chosen by oxforddictionaries.com, --Dan Polansky (talk) 21:20, 5 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete per previous discussions on similar cases. Per utramque cavernam 15:31, 17 October 2018 (UTC)
 * @Per utramque cavernam: That's a woefully inadequate identification of reasons located elsewhere. Can you link us to least one such discussion of another case? And was the case really similar in all pertinent regards? --Dan Polansky (talk) 08:44, 20 October 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep the adjective. I don't exactly like the current definition, but adjectival use seems indicated by the stress pattern in some cases ("And the people bowed and prayed / To the neon god they made"). Perhaps it requires an extra sense like "displayed or consisting of neon light(s)". ←₰-→ Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk)  09:48, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
 * RFD kept: no consensus for deletion of the adjective after nearly three months. --Dan Polansky (talk) 09:35, 31 December 2018 (UTC)