Yana Paskova for The New York Times Dear Diary:
We need a new word to describe the filthy, frozen, ugly and dangerous mounds of snow that have accumulated on our streets this winter. It gathers on corners and where the gutter and sidewalk meet. You know the stuff I mean.
Frounds? Perhaps something more evil-sounding. Frunks? Too silly. Frobage? Too French. Drozen? Flice? Crice? I think my husband has come up with the winner: Mofi. Mounds of filthy ice. As in, “Although the streets and sidewalks have been plowed and shoveled, the mofi make it treacherous to venture outside.â€
Stay safe and warm.
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