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Submitted by stevenl on Thu, 11/15/2007 - 7:47am.
There are some aspects of Pacific Northwest life that are unique to our little corner of the world, but we have yet to invent special words for some of these people, places, things, events. One case in point-- when the road is wet, which it is a lot of the time around here, and logging trucks drive by, they leave behind a cloud of greasy road mist which temporarily envelopes any vehicle the truck is passing. This misty moving cloud, so far as I know, has never been given an individual word defining it. Any suggestions?
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The Clearcut Cloud?Please
Submitted by Merwyn Haskett on Thu, 11/15/2007 - 9:17am.Please give me a second grace. Please give me a second face. I've fallen far down, the first time around, now I just sit on the ground in your way.
Nick Drake
I'm rolling my eyes as I type this
Submitted by emmettoconnell on Thu, 11/15/2007 - 10:03am.The Rubber Rainshower orThe
Submitted by Norm on Thu, 11/15/2007 - 10:05am.The Rubber Rainshower or
The Mudflap Mist.
Rubber Rainshower?
Submitted by Guglielmo on Thu, 11/15/2007 - 11:52am.Both?
Submitted by Norm on Thu, 11/15/2007 - 11:54am.Or
Submitted by Guglielmo on Thu, 11/15/2007 - 11:30am.Forest Fog
Harvest Haze
Mill Mist
Springboard Spray
Faeries' tears.
Submitted by chaney on Thu, 11/15/2007 - 11:38am.It sounds really magical,
Submitted by Norm on Thu, 11/15/2007 - 11:55am.These days
Submitted by chaney on Thu, 11/15/2007 - 12:17pm.I hear their tear ducts were stolen
Submitted by Guglielmo on Thu, 11/15/2007 - 12:20pm.That makes me sad.
Submitted by Debmonstrative on Thu, 11/15/2007 - 1:16pm.lol
Submitted by Norm on Thu, 11/15/2007 - 1:21pm.Dark Lord of Weyerhaeuser.
Can I be the Dark Lord of Physical Pain, and you the Dork Lord of Evil Statistics?
No
Submitted by Guglielmo on Thu, 11/15/2007 - 1:28pm.You are hilarious
Submitted by Debmonstrative on Thu, 11/15/2007 - 1:37pm.WHAT???
Submitted by jlw on Thu, 11/15/2007 - 2:46pm.Peace became pizza. -- Guglielmo
I'm quite glad
Submitted by Guglielmo on Thu, 11/15/2007 - 4:06pm.I bet you are
Submitted by Norm on Thu, 11/15/2007 - 4:07pm.;)
I like the
Submitted by TheeInfamousCrazydee on Thu, 11/15/2007 - 2:33pm.Here's what I call it...
Submitted by Nicki on Thu, 11/15/2007 - 4:48pm.Weyerhaeuser Water
Submitted by smws on Fri, 11/16/2007 - 11:05am.how about?
Submitted by Rob Richards on Fri, 11/16/2007 - 1:05pm.Or sticking with the river theme
Submitted by Guglielmo on Fri, 11/16/2007 - 2:30pm.or
Submitted by Rob Richards on Fri, 11/16/2007 - 2:40pm.Or
Submitted by Guglielmo on Fri, 11/16/2007 - 3:11pm.OlympissPlease give me a
Submitted by Merwyn Haskett on Fri, 11/16/2007 - 3:13pm.Please give me a second grace. Please give me a second face. I've fallen far down, the first time around, now I just sit on the ground in your way.
Nick Drake
Stop me from saying it...
Submitted by Guglielmo on Fri, 11/16/2007 - 3:18pm.Ah, Schmidt!
Submitted by Ehver Green on Fri, 11/16/2007 - 3:19pm.Pabst Smear?Please give me a
Submitted by Merwyn Haskett on Fri, 11/16/2007 - 3:25pm.Please give me a second grace. Please give me a second face. I've fallen far down, the first time around, now I just sit on the ground in your way.
Nick Drake
Oh God please for the love
Submitted by Norm on Fri, 11/16/2007 - 3:26pm.That's just
Submitted by Guglielmo on Fri, 11/16/2007 - 3:37pm.Another Pacific Northwest word question
Submitted by stevenl on Mon, 11/19/2007 - 6:09pm.I don't know
Submitted by Guglielmo on Mon, 11/19/2007 - 6:12pm.Ooh, that feeling is snot so fun.
Submitted by Debmonstrative on Mon, 11/19/2007 - 9:53pm.Tying the thread
Submitted by stevenl on Tue, 11/20/2007 - 7:11am.I love it. You have really tied this entire thread together quite well.
I'm also interested in inventing a word for the unique Western Washington experience of seeing that bright yellow thing in the sky after it has been absent for longer than we can remember. When we can actually feel the rays of direct sunlight after a long absence. Even in the dead of winter, meager though that heat might be.
A word for
Submitted by stevenl on Mon, 01/21/2008 - 12:00pm.Day ja Few
Submitted by Guglielmo on Mon, 01/21/2008 - 12:06pm.