Snowplow, Municipal

snow-PLOW, myoo-NIS-i-pul · n.

1. An imposing vehicle of formidable girth, designed for clearing vast expanses of snow from municipal roadways, esp. when viewed astern, its breadth defies casual description.

2. colloq. A wintertime behemoth that considers curbside snow merely a suggestion.

Etymology. From plow (Middle English 'plouh', agricultural implement for turning soil) added to snow (Old English 'snāw', precipitation in frozen form) and municipal (Latin 'municipalis', of or belonging to a municipality). Clearly, someone with a pragmatic sense of humor named this one.

The thiccc municipal snowplow rumbled through downtown, leaving behind a wake of startled pedestrians and freshly exposed pavement. Urban planning was never so spontaneous.

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