nar
n.—Gloss: snow. Note: The long form is “nar nar.” «Come winter, when (or if) snow blankets the temperate zone, the Wesleyan Ski Team will hit the slopes to “shred the nar,” as they say in ski jargon.» —“Students take to the outdoors for sports off the beaten track” by Abe Bobman in Wesleyan University Wesleyan Argus (Middletown, Connecticut) Dec. 4, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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Names don’t always mean what you think they mean. Main Street in San Francisco is named for businessman Charles Main. Snowflake, Arizona, is named for Erastus Snow and William Jordan Flake. This is part of a complete episode.
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