Endless tipples shaken, not initially stirred -- a possible result! (4,9)
I believe the answer is:
pink elephants
'a possible result' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.
'endless tipples shaken not initially stirred' is the wordplay.
'endless' means to remove the last letter.
'initially' indicates taking the first letters.
'stirred' indicates anagramming the letters.
The first letter of 'not' is 'n'.
'tipples' with its final letter taken away is 'tipple'.
'tipple'+'shaken'+'n'='tippleshakenn'
'tippleshakenn' anagrammed gives 'PINK ELEPHANTS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pink elephants that I've seen before include "Creatures of drunken hallucination" , "drunken vision!" , "Alcoholic hallucinations" , "Hallucinations caused by alcohol" , "afterthought? A result of too much drink" .)