Or PURPLE as the case may be. Such as in this case. I have just been pointed to a post that shows the most insanely awful purple prose I have ever witnessed in my life. Including highschool poetry classes. But this is apparently published fiction. Oh, holy chickpeas.
http://vandonovan.livejournal.com/1088311.html I am merely pointing you in the general direction of the scary. You do not have to look. But if you do, I am telling you to beware of the tongue that is a ferret. Those things are dangerous.