2026 Pride Treasure Hunt - hints for clue 8

Rainbow 8
A complicated term, but used aplenty
More by young folks than our older gentry.
It’s not quite here and it’s not quite there;
It’s odd, or other, and everywhere.
A lexical uniter across social nooks,
Use this umbrella term to label your books. (Zeph)

14 SandraArdnas : It's misleading I tried every long acronym I could think of, with and without + at the end, but it's none of those. It's what would be my first or second choice, haha

46 amanda4242 : #8 Hint 1: It's a tag page.

Hint 2: It also means odd or strange.

82 SandraArdnas : #8 it's not an acronym, but a regular word used in this context to jog memory, the tag page for any of the acronyms will contain it

107 krazy4katz :For #8: This is the simplest term you can possibly think of using for the LGBTQ community before all those letters and terms were invented. It is a common term for other things too. ETA: It is a term represented by one of the letters in that term.

>humouress Got it now, thank you! I'd never have quessed it's this simple term without your hints.

A complicated term, but used aplenty
More by young folks than our older gentry.
It’s not quite here and it’s not quite there;
It’s odd, or other, and everywhere.
A lexical uniter across social nooks,
Use this umbrella term to label your books

114 muumi : I dunno, we used to throw this word (#8) around freely as a junior high slur/insult in the 1960s (yes we were callous little idiots) so I don't know how aged one would have to be to be unfamiliar? The repeated word in line three practically spells it out for seekers.