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Day-Glo

(dā′glō′)
A trademark for fluorescent coloring agents and materials. This trademark sometimes occurs in print in lowercase: "The troupe's staging ... follows Alice's fantasy romp through day-glo daisies, past a smiling Cheshire cat" (Los Angeles Times).
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Day-Glo

n
(Colours) trademark
a. a brand of fluorescent colouring materials, as of paint
b. (as modifier): Day-Glo colours.
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Day-Glo

(ˈdeɪˌgloʊ)
Trademark.
a brand of pigments and other products that fluoresce in daylight.
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Translations

Day-glo

® [ˈdeɪgləʊ] ADJ [colours etc] → fosforescente, fosforito
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It's as if you've nodded off in the sun and woken up in Ibiza 30 odd years ago - dayglo swimwear, neon cocktails and the glace cherry on top: that infectious music pumping out poolside.
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He has been playing with a toe injury and the change of his left boot after half an hour from dayglo some discomfort.
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After a shaky start - and with an eye-catching penchant for dayglo face paint and peroxide pigtails - he started earning himself as many championship belts as he had feather boas.
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In Skidmarks (drawn by Rufus Dayglo), Tank Girl sets off on an illegal cross-continental race in a bid to win enough money for an incredibly expensive operation to bring her best friend Barney out of a skateboard-accident induced coma.
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Daughter North had her hair in a ponytail like her mum's and wore a vivid dayglo dress, while Saint sported an Alpha Chi Omega sweatshirt and great track pants.
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The dayglo vests work after being submerged in water.The water is then soaked up by a polymer fibre within the vest, said the committee.
Qatar World Cup workers given 'cooling vests' to combat heat
The new make-up trend for dayglo eyeshadow might seem like it's not for you at first but don't be too hasty.
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Originally drawn by Jamie Hewlett, it has also been drawn by Philip Bond, Glyn Dillon, Ashley Wood, Warwick Johnson-Cadwell, Jim Mahfood, Brett Parson, Jonathan Edwards, Craig Knowles, Rufus Dayglo, Andy Pritchett, and Mike McMahon.
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1 Wear something appalling at all times - brightly coloured socks, a dayglo waistcoat, red trousers.
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Since 1979, the punk band Dayglo (in one configuration or another) has been delivering no-holds barred performances.
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The bonkers decor is full of eye-popping dayglo colours, and on one of the walls is a mural of brightlypainted golf clubs.
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