apm77, @stancarey I was recently musing on attributive-only adjectives (CGEL 553) and exceptions to the rule. Instances such as "there's nothing 'only' about being a girl" are typically indicated with quotation marks — and yet "there's nothing marine about giraffes or "there's nothing Sydney-based about McDonalds" seem fine — and occur only when the adjective has previously been introduced in attributive form.