Ever think meteorologists are just marketing dropouts who still managed to find work? Some of the terms they concoct to describe the weather are just laughable.

Last November they gave us “wintry mix” to describe a pairing of snow and freezing rain. Now spring is here and we get wintry mix’s softer, younger sibling: simultaneous appearance of light snow and drizzle is called snizzle.

Excuse me, but “snizzle?” It invokes thoughts of Gin and Juice. Is Snoop Dogg hedging his rap career by playing weatherman on the side?

“Fo shizzle, my nizzles, fiddy percent chance of da mad snizzle afta overnight. Yo yuppie asses best lay off da Tanqueray when you rollin’ yo SUVs to the organic food market. Peace.”

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