purple
adj.— «Operation Purple is the only summer camp program that focuses on helping kids deal with deployment-related issues and is open to children of personnel from all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces (“purple” is a military term representing inclusion of all branches)» —“Nationwide Registration for Operation Purple Summer Camps Begins April 15″ PR Newswire Apr. 7, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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