global weirding
n.— «I have heard global warming referred to as global “weirding.” That certainly seems to be the case at this point. Parts of Africa and Southern Europe are in the grips of a record breaking drought. The Southwestern United States is in a record breaking heat wave and the death toll climbs. Meanwhile, one named storm after another spawns in the south Atlantic and ravishes island nations, Central America, Mexico and the southern United States. In the Pacific “Super” Typhoon Haitang brought record rains and displaced 7.6 million people.» —“Now It’s Sand” by Rowan Radical Noesis July 24, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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