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technicolor

Noun
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Bright, vivid color, especially in a very flashy or exaggerated way.

Detailed Definition
Technicolor originally referred to a color film process, but in modern writing it often means intensely colorful or visually dazzling. Here it suggests a life that feels bright, over-the-top, and cinematic.
Example
Example in poetry:
“Living life in technicolor” uses the brand-derived word for intensely vivid color; “After winter, tulips returned in technicolor rows” applies it to saturated spring imagery; “Her technicolor jacket challenged the gray commute” gives it contemporary urban energy; “Memory is not monochrome but technicolor, exaggerated by love” makes color a metaphor for emotional intensity.
Additional Notes
The word 'technicolor' in the quoted line is specialized and may not be familiar to all readers outside its film-history sense.; Found in the poem, Binge Queen by Richard
Also Known As
Vivid Spectrum Chromatic Brilliance Luminous Palette
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