1: A
hypothetical race used when the issue of racism is discussed.
Proponents of this usage figure there are no people with purple skin, and figure it is safe to use.
2: People who love
the color purple and purple things, often in an extreme fashion.
3: People born with Purple skin, usually of an alien race.
1: "I don't care if our president is Black, White, Purple, or even Green."
"I tend
not to be racist, but I must draw the line at
Purple people."
2: Jennifer is such a
purple person! She eats purple food, has purple hair, wears purple clothes, and likes purple unicorns. Rumor has it that even her feces is purple.
3: I had some
purple people move in beside me. They were good people. They always parked their spaceship properly, kept their tentacles braided neatly, kept their alien plants watered, and mostly kept to themselves.