[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Just say no to this “haboob” nonsense. It is a dust storm, so call it a dust storm. A few years back they tried calling dust storms “simoons”, which is equally stupid.

For some stupid reason, weather people are utterly enamored of non-western names for the same phenomenon.

It’s not a “tidal wave”, it is a “tsunami”. Correction. Asians get tsunamis, westerners get tidal waves. We own Hawaii, so they get tidal waves, too.

Thankfully they haven’t tried to embrace the Australian version of a tornado, which they call “willy willy or cockeyed bob”. Which would sound incredibly stupid on the evening news.

“Today, parts of Oklahoma were devastated by dozens of willy willies.”

It doesn’t help that both those expressions sound like euphemisms for male organs.

[GOPJ]

Thankfully they haven’t tried to embrace the Australian version of a tornado, which they call “willy willy or cockeyed bob”. Which would sound incredibly stupid on the evening news.

Some in the MSM read this site - pleeeeezzze don't give them any ideas...

[Nuc 1.1]

Well said. Haboob is Arabic. After seeing the wave hit Japan I say the term Tidal Wave is more correct than “Harbor Wave”. The thing hits the whole coast not just the harbors and it comes in like a tide. Seems to me the term is Tidal Wave is far more accurate.

[Ellendra]

It doesn’t help that both those expressions sound like euphemisms for male organs.

And haboob sounds like a part of the female anatomy. Are they trying to find new ways of making teenage boys snicker?