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Better euphemisms for snow

Wednesday, Mar. 6, 2013 at 10:33 AM | Comments: 0

As you may have noticed, despite my lack of blogging, I've been back at work for a few weeks now.

It's been a frantic time, mind you — getting back up to speed at the office, working diligently on Brewtinerie (more anon) and trying to sort out things at home (like finding where the driveway was, under a winter's worth of snow).

But I still should have blogged before now.

Quick update on my trip: I had a great trip, in fact I'd go back tomorrow if y'all wanna fund it.

My favourite place to return for a visit would be Croatia. But if I had to live, I'd rent a place in France or maybe French Switzerland.

If I can fly under the radar for another five years and build up a couple months vacation again, I may ;)

Quick update on Brewtinerie: The project is moving forward. We're busily crunching numbers so that we can present a really solid business plan to the city. We're hoping to incorporate as a co-op soon, and begin selling shares to supporters, but we want to make sure that we have all our ducks in a row first.

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In the meantime, just for fun, after Monday's snowstorm, I saw this tweet:

Every time a media outlet says "the white stuff" instead of "snow," it has to put $20 in the lame jar. — Kenton Larsen (@kentonlarsen) March 5, 2013

Since one of my first tasks every morning is to write a weather story, I know exactly what he meant.

Frankly, weather is repetitive. It's tough to write about it without being repetitive as well. Luckily I can't find any trace of my using "the white stuff" in a recent weather story, although I'm definitely guilty of using it at least once in the past.

I was inspired, however, to think about some less clichéd euphemisms for snow.

"God's dandruff," I tweeted out, using the hashtag #BetterEuphemismsForSnow.

I followed that up with:

The coldest cocaine
Temporary sand
Spring flood reserve
Diet ice cream
Igloo insultation
Canadian grass
Shovel tester
Russian cotton candy
Soft rain

Before inviting other people to jump in with their own. And I few did — I even thought up a couple more. I've embedded a Twitter search widget below so you can see the latest. Feel free to add to 'em, if you're a Twitter user (you should be).

Or, contribute in the comments below.

It'll help pass the time until all that white stuff melts.

Tweets about "#BetterEuphemismsForSnow"

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