Apologies if someone else already said this...haven't read whole thread...and think you said 8 characters OK?

What about:

HORS CAT (OK, OK, that might get some strange interpretations!)
BIG CR
GO LONG
PACELINE
GET AERO
PEDLDANZ

ETA: oops, just read the post about 7 letters, minus one for the BC ribbon...back to the drawing board! I guess a couple of these could work...