[Ads-l] I want to coin "blizzicane"

[Joel S. Berson]

My self-addressed certified return email is stamped Tue, 27 Jan 2015 
12:06:50 -0500 [that is, EST] by ADS-L.  What is the time of your 
friend's FB posting, Amy?  And Jon still has not documented his 
alleged antecedent use!

There were no Ghits for "blizzicane" when I posted; there are now 
about 2,460.  It's already in UrbanDictionary ... incorrectly:  "The 
combination of too much snow, wind, and rain all mixed 
together."  This leaves out low visibility for a blizzard and a 
hurricane is more than rain.

I am now being reviewed by my peers for my proposed UrbanDictionary definition.

JorEl

At 1/28/2015 10:58 AM, Amy West wrote:
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>On 1/28/15 12:00 AM, ADS-L automatic digest system wrote:
>>Date:    Tue, 27 Jan 2015 12:06:50 -0500
>>From:    "Joel S. Berson"<Berson at ATT.NET>
>>Subject: I want to coin "blizzicane"
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>>"Blizzicane" -- "A storm that qualifies both as a blizzard and as a 
>>hurricane."
>A friend up in Swampscott used this term in a FB posting yesterday, 
>so you'll have to duke it out with her for claim rights. And she's a 
>lawyer, so I'm betting on her. . .
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>---Amy West
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