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trista

Are We There Yet? How About Now? Huh? Are We There Yet?

Mar 13, 2006 09:59

Is this a blizzard, The fontosaurus? Is it blizzarding? Is this what a blizzard is like?The word blizzard is the funniest thing evar at this point. Say it. "Blizzard." See? Hilarious.

blizzard?, words, funny, snow

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fontosaurus March 13 2006, 16:05:17 UTC

Yes, the trista, this is a blizzard. It is formally blizzarding. It comes from the ancient Latin "blizarrus", which formally means "unusual snowfall"...

trista March 14 2006, 17:05:59 UTC

Ooh, you have teh blizzard knowledge and you are multi-lingual. You are terribly clevar. ;)

I enjoyed my First Evar Blizzarding Experience. It was squeeful and beautiful and fun.

ilythia March 13 2006, 16:08:34 UTC

I heard that you are having major snow there! What's happening? How much is there? Stay warm!

trista March 14 2006, 17:07:16 UTC

There was a ton of snow! It was gorgeous. I was profoundly grateful that I didn't have to drive in it, though. Wow. I'm not sure I'm ready for that!

ilythia March 14 2006, 17:33:57 UTC

Yeah, I hate driving in snow! But there ARE skills you can develop that make you a much safer snow-driver. You'll do that when the time comes.

It was 80 degrees here yesterday!

trista March 14 2006, 17:36:55 UTC

You know, it's been almost a year since I've driven! I need to get off my butt and get a car, but I think I'll wait until it's not likely to snow again. I want to ease back into it, just in case it's not like riding a bicycle.

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the_xtina March 13 2006, 16:11:44 UTC

1859, origin obscure (perhaps somehow connected with blaze (1)), it came into general use in the hard winter 1880-81, though it was used with a sense of "violent blow" in Amer.Eng., 1829; and blizz "violent rainstorm" is attested from 1770.

I love words that just kind of appeared on the scene with a mysterious background.

trista March 14 2006, 17:09:44 UTC

I love words that just kind of appeared on the scene with a mysterious background.

Now I keep thinking about a Philip Marlow sort of mystery, with the dame hiring Philip to track the origin of the shady word. :)

magicwoman March 13 2006, 16:31:03 UTC

I'd say this is blizzard-like conditions. However, we're not likely to get the 28" inches like during the 1991 Halloween Blizzard. That was horrible. This morning was very inconvenient.

Susan

trista March 14 2006, 17:12:06 UTC

Twenty-eight seems like a huge number of inches o' snow! That must have been crazy. Yesterday was definitely inconvenient, but for me it was worth it to see that for the first time. I can't imagine the one from 1991. That must have been incredibly frustrating!

magicwoman March 14 2006, 17:16:19 UTC

I won't even bore you with the details, but it was the worst single ongoing life event ever. It went from the Boys of Summer parade, to the Halloween Blizzard (28 inches), to the Thanksgiving Blizzard, to more snow at Christmas to not a single day with sun in January and never seeing the bare sidewalks until April (maybe it was May) that year. It never ended. . .

Susan

trista March 14 2006, 17:18:45 UTC

Wow. I'm glad my first winter here wasn't like that! I know this year was mild (people won't let me forget it!), and I'm grateful for that. It's good to ease into this cold snowy stuff. :)

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scienter March 13 2006, 16:34:20 UTC

Blizzard, huh?

*goes off to rethink moving to MN*

trista March 14 2006, 17:12:46 UTC

Yep! It was beautiful, though, and the only one that's happened this year. I think? I'm pretty sure.