dreamsicle

(drEm-si-cul) n. (1) a frozen popsicle composed of an orange sherbert shell on the outside and frozen milk on the inside, not to be confused with its close cousin, creamsicle; (2) a type of alcoholic drink that typically consists of orange juice, some liqueur, and some milky substance (e.g., ice cream, half-and-half); (3) a Jimmy Buffet song; (4) an uplifting, feel-good album of heartwarming Christian songs by Fellowship Of The Woodlands filled with allegorical references relating the enjoyment of this frozen treat to God's dream for you (if you're Christian); (5) an analogy used by Stephen Colbert on tonight's episode of The Colbert Report to honor MLK's contribution to humanity

Today, on this MLK Day, I witnessed a new meaning ordained to the word dreamsicle in a live taping of The Colbert Report. As a tribute to the late Martin Luther King, Jr., Colbert chose the dreamsicle, this ice-cream truck favorite as the dessert to honor the man to whom we owe our day off from school/work. Colbert stated boldly, "I have a dream-sicle" several times, each time before taking another big bite out of this delish frozen treat until he was stricken by a sudden brain freeze. He challenged his audience to imagine the orange representing white people and the white cream inside to representing black people...then it's something like white people hugging black people in harmony. The enjoyment of a dreamsicle shall never be the same. Well spoken, Stephen.