'C'mon, man!' CNN meteorologist dubs northeast blizzard a 'snowicane'

Winter storm Juno is bearing down on the northeast. The extremely high winds combined with “potentially historic” amount of snowfall means that a scary sounding term needs to be applied. Enter CNN meteorologist Chad Myers, appearing with CNN’s Carol Costello:

New word heard via @CNN @CarolCNN :
Snow-icane.
I like it — sounds festive.

— Lisa Rinkus (@ljpr) January 26, 2015

@ljpr thank @chadmyerscnn for making up that word. Let's get it trending #snowicane #CNNsnow #blizzardof2015

— Carol Costello (@CarolC) January 26, 2015

Step aside, Sharknado!
https://twitter.com/IMZ_Politics/status/559721436995010560

Snowacane?? Smd

— DaGreatLahShevit (@MadeWorldLaH) January 26, 2015

https://twitter.com/moorehn/status/559721136104435712

CNN just referred to the winter storm hitting the East Coast as a "snowicane".

I'm done now…

— Tommy Lang (@tommylang1630) January 26, 2015

Not all meteorologists agree that “snowicane” is the correct terminology:

"Snow-a-cane" used by national met. C'mon man! #Blizzard2015 #blizzardof2015 pic.twitter.com/cBG6V2FWUg

— Steve Raleigh WCPO (@Cincywxman) January 26, 2015

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