[stylist] Wednesday Word: willawaw

[Donna Hill]

Sure, you have to bring this up, just as we're trying to escape a cold
blustery day. I wonder, when the wind is already blowing, can the occasional
gust which is even more fierce than the -- dare I say -- "normal wind be
called a williwaw? 
Donna

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Subject: [stylist] Wednesday Word: willawaw

williwaw
WIH-lih-waw
(noun)

1. A) a sudden violent gust of cold land air 
common along mountainous coasts of high latitudes,
B) A sudden violent wind
2. A violent commotion

"Stretched near to his torso's capacity and 
hanging from the  south shear of the mountain, 
his right foot slipped on the crumbling stoney 
edge giving way to the pressure of his weight. 
Suddenly a willawaw blew in off the Atlantic 
catching him off guard. Feeling his  fingers 
slipping on the moist fabric inside his gloves 
his eyes flittered for a new place to grip. Just then ..."



Brad Dunsé

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