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It's a colorful world - colored (NAACP)!

Colorful idioms used in English
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Colorful English!
Word or Phrase:Part of Speech:Idiom or General?:Usage?Restricted?
NAACP = National Association for the Advancement of Colored PeopleNouncommon abbreviation / term for a groupfairly commonNo
Meaning:
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a special interest group seeking to obtain privileges and benefits for black and brown skinned people by taking traditionally held privileges and benefits from white skinned people merely by claiming race.
Example(s):
The National Association for the Advancement of colored is a powerful special interest group in America.

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