Termination Dust
While we're on the topic of good words (didn't you think "interrobang" a good word?) I learned a new phrase from Katie Ronsse this morning: Termination Dust. The conversation went something like this:
KR: Did you see the termination dust this morning?
LAV: Did I what?
KR: Did you see the termination dust this morning?
LAV: The what?
KR: The termination dust.
LAV: I'm sorry, what did you say?
At this point I know what she said by it's like she's speaking a foreign language and I have no idea what she means. Termination dust!? I'm starting to think Katie's gone D&D on me (um... that's Dungeons & Dragons in case you're not part of the cool kids club). And I'm sure Katie probably thinks that I'm daft.
KR (gesturing at the Chugach mountains): The light dusting of snow in the mountains-- it's the end of summer.
And so I learned that termination dust is the first light snowfall in the mountains. I think this term must be unique to Alaska because I've never heard it before. But then again, I've only really lived in Washington, so maybe I've just been oblivious. Does anyone out there not from Alaska use this term?
Aside from exciting new phrases, there was a tiny bit of new snow in the mountains this morning and that's pretty exciting on its own!
KR: Did you see the termination dust this morning?
LAV: Did I what?
KR: Did you see the termination dust this morning?
LAV: The what?
KR: The termination dust.
LAV: I'm sorry, what did you say?
At this point I know what she said by it's like she's speaking a foreign language and I have no idea what she means. Termination dust!? I'm starting to think Katie's gone D&D on me (um... that's Dungeons & Dragons in case you're not part of the cool kids club). And I'm sure Katie probably thinks that I'm daft.
KR (gesturing at the Chugach mountains): The light dusting of snow in the mountains-- it's the end of summer.
And so I learned that termination dust is the first light snowfall in the mountains. I think this term must be unique to Alaska because I've never heard it before. But then again, I've only really lived in Washington, so maybe I've just been oblivious. Does anyone out there not from Alaska use this term?
Aside from exciting new phrases, there was a tiny bit of new snow in the mountains this morning and that's pretty exciting on its own!
posted by LAV at 11:07
4 Comments:
Speaking of new phrases/words, tonight my friend and I came up with the term peripherally cute, which refers to someone who looks pretty good from the corner of you eye. Peripherally cute unfortunately doesn't always equal actually cute though.
Alaska has a few other unique phrases too, such as:
Brodies-spinning figure 8's in your car & Snow Machining
Luna- I like it! I will try to work that one into a conversation.
anon- We spin brodies down on the west coast too! And I think there's other places where they snow machine, but I don't know much about that.
We snow machine out here in Wyo
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