Word of the day – Mizzle

Tiling it down.

And in Scotland, if you say the weather is “dreech” (the ch pronounced as in loch, not as in church), then that means mizzle, or possibly drizzle.

“chucking it down” is one I remember

A variation of “peeing it down” – “weeing it down”, and also “fine rain”

And a classing Pacific NW term – “downpour”

i am from the uk and i can honestly say i have never EVER heard of the term mizzle. just asked a few friends and they backed me on this one…!

Hahaha, too funny yet so true! Nick and I once had the exact same conversation!

talked to my friend from ireland, she knew what mizzle was…love learning new words…oh, and as a parent with a child…raining puppies and kitties…and from hurricane land, squalls…rain mixed with sporadic wind…

Mist+drizzle= mizzle. Ain’t portmanteau brilliant!

“Raining stair-rods” is another, or “siling down”. For a dark storm cloud approaching, one could say: “It’s a bit black over Bill’s mother’s”!!

It’s East Midlands expression again, that last one. Who Bill is, or his mother, is anybody’s guess!

“It looks like it’s set in for the day”

“That really fine rain that gets you really wet” (whaaat????)

“Naah, it’s just sea fret” (For coast dwellers in the North East during light drizzle only)

“Horizontal”

“You’ll need your coat on”

“Rain before seven, fine before eleven”– usually true!

“Sea fret”… yeah… technically mist from drifting in from the sea. According to Jon Mitchell off Calendar it is, anyway!

“Flick wipe” is best way to deal with mizzle when driving. And courtesy of Peter Kay:

“It’s that fine rain that soaks you through”
“It’s spitting, everybody in”
“It’s that wet rain (as opposed to that dry rain!)”

I’m starting to wish there was some way we could donate this post to a thesaurus…

There is in a way… http://www.urbandictionary.com Not a thesaurus I grant you, but…

Or you could try Roger Mellie’s Profanisaurus (Viz) for the blunter ones

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I’ve used mizzle for years.
Spotting
Sheeting
Dripping
Monsooning it
Coming down in stair rods
It’s a dreich day
It’s vertical
Pourinng

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