The word "rainbow" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe the arch of colors created by the sun on a rainy day. For example: "After the rain stopped, the sky cleared and a beautiful rainbow appeared."
The comments, and the backlash against them, illustrate how a tormented racial history dating back centuries is in constant tension with the aspiration of a "rainbow nation".
Childbirth is not a lifestyle statement but a temporary state where the goal is to get out a healthy baby who has a healthy, happy mother to look after it, and whether that's achieved through c-section or by giving birth under a rainbow, then it's all for the good.
Someone would ask me: "What's your favourite song?" and I'd say Whitney Houston and they'd say: "Well this is how you play it, zimba style!" You're well equipped for the collaborative, genre-fusing of Africa Express then… The Noisettes have always been a bit of a rainbow tribe.
Some people showed up in the Astros' famous orange-striped "rainbow" jerseys from the 1970s.
Over the promotional cycle, she showcased a rainbow of stunning dresses (look up the United Colours of Lupita meme), each one more fabulous than the last.
The rainbow seems close enough to touch, but I'm not brave enough to try.
"I had jeans with an embroidered rainbow on the back pocket.
The French won the World Cup with the "rainbow team", a talented and committed squad made up of players whose were themselves born (or were sons of parents born) in all corners of the Francophone world and beyond.
To be black and gay and transgender and poor, for example, is to be a more colorful rainbow, for sure.
Sturgeon, who took over as SNP leader and first minister of Scotland from Alex Salmond late last year, has categorically ruled out any pact with the Conservatives, while Nick Clegg has poured scorn on the idea of a rainbow coalition involving the SNP and the Liberal Democrats.
A rainbow arches below in an explosion of colour, creating the sudden feeling that the world has swung upside down.
