👉 Okay, let’s tackle this wonderfully peculiar little beast, affectionately dubbed, here, as...the decidedly mauve menace of the stationery world. We shall define, unpack, and frankly, dissect what we mean when we utter the glorious absurdity that is: 1) Purple-Lined!
Now, a purple-lined thing – let’s just pause there for a moment to appreciate the sheer audacity of describing something with such…specific, almost aggressively pretty, plumage. Traditionally (and here I'm leaning heavily on anecdotal suburban recollections and frankly, a little bit of bewildered internet trawling), it refers to a piece of stationery – most often a notepad, occasionally a hastily scribbled-upon memo, that has the internal lining, the very underbelly you see when it’s peeled back into its gaping maw, in...purple. Let's be brutally clear: this purple isn't some delicate lilac whisper. It isn't the blush of a pansy. This is a purple with gravitas . Think bruised aubergine, almost offensively plum, the colour you instinctively reach for when you need to record something that might actually, possibly, irrevocably ruin your entire day. Historically (and here I’m again venturing into the blurry recollections of a beige and sensible childhood) purple lining was associated with…the very stuff of secrets. The kind where you were desperately trying to rationalise a disastrous first date, the regrettable haircut that now haunts your
