Sweater Weather
Entry in progress -- B.P. OCLC WolrdCat recordSweater weather.Author: Coats Patons (Firm)Publisher: [Listowel, Ont.] : Patons, ©2001.Series: Patons classics.; Beehive, book no. 972…
The Only Day After Yesterday (“today” backronym)
The word "today" is not an acronym, but it is sometimes given a backronym (back acronym). "I know what TODAY stand for The Only Day After Yesterday it just hit me lol" was…
Triple H (hazy, hot and humid)
"Triple H" weather is hazy, hot and humid. "It's one of those Triple H (Hazy, Hot and Humid) mornings that we've been having lately" was printed in the New York (NY)…
Waffle House Index (disaster recovery metric)
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) often looks to the Waffle House -- a popular restaurant chain in the South -- to evaluate a disaster (such as a hurricane). "Green" means…
Weatherconomist or Meteoronomist (meteorologist/weatherman + economist)
The financial blog Zero Hedge posted on November 27, 2015: Goldman's Meteoronomists Have A Dire Forecast: "Winter Is Coming" The article popularized "meteoronomist"…
Winterval (winter+ festival)
"Winterval" (winter + festival) was coined in 1997 by Mike Chubb, the Birmingham (UK) city council's head of events, as the name of a winter festival around the time of Christmas and…