Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

"The ceremony is a touching one. The nouns to receive the accolade are first paraded through the streets to the cheers of thronging grammar- school students and their grammar teachers; then, resplendent in the traditional Middle English Gothick 48-Point Bold, they are carried on a velvet pillow by the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod to the nave of the Abbey, where the Primate of All English gives the blessing, followed by enrollment of the honored nouns into the rolls of the Worshipful Company of Adjectives. After that the Queen (or Designate) HerSelf dubs each one individually.

"Then, in the culminating moment, in the presence and under the aegis of the assembled Academy Members and attendant courtiers, the noun then performs its first full grammatical Modification."

-- John Lawler, on the subject of nouns becoming adjectives