black (adj):
- Being of the color black, producing or reflecting comparatively little light and having no predominant hue. (JC – no light shall be cast back from the depths of a dark Scandinavian winter.)
- Having little or no light: a black, moonless night. (JC – the sun is as low as the production can be)
- often Black (JC – ironically? moronic racism persists)
- Of or belonging to a racial group having brown to black skin, especially one of African origin: the Black population of South Africa.
- Of or belonging to an American ethnic group descended from African peoples having dark skin; African-American.
- Very dark in color: rich black soil; black, wavy hair. (JC – hair, yes, can’t forget the hair)
- Soiled, as from soot; dirty: feet black from playing outdoors. (JC – soiled, murdering hands pass across the strings)
- Evil; wicked: the pirates’ black deeds. (JC – mostly not, though there are exceptions)
- Cheerless and depressing; gloomy: black thoughts. (JC – yes, yes, and yes)
- Being or characterized by morbid or grimly satiric humor: a black comedy. (JC – mostly too serious)
- Marked by anger or sullenness: gave me a black look. (JC – more like angst)
- Attended with disaster; calamitous: a black day; the stock market crash on Black Friday. (JC – plenty of these)
- Deserving of, indicating, or incurring censure or dishonor: “Man … has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands” (Rachel Carson). (JC – certainly?, well depends on who you ask I guess)
- Wearing clothing of the darkest visual hue: the black knight. (JC – not quite fuligin)
- Served without milk or cream: black coffee. (JC – is there any other way?)
- Appearing to emanate from a source other than the actual point of origin. Used chiefly of intelligence operations: black propaganda; black radio transmissions. (JC – well… maybe not.)
- Disclosed, for reasons of security, only to an extremely limited number of authorized persons; very highly classified: black programs in the Defense Department; the Pentagon’s black budget. (JC - are part of the elite?)
- Chiefly British. Boycotted as part of a labor union action. (JC – rarely, at best British)
metal (n.)
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- Music. Heavy metal. (JC – Well duh!!!)
All definitions from answers.com
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