snowologist

English

Etymology

From snow +‎ -ologist.

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Noun

snowologist (plural snowologists)

1. (usually humorous) A person who studies the snow, or is an expert on snow-related matters.
   • 1988 February 5, Cecil Adams, “The Straight Dope”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     But considering the impossibly large number of flakes in a single snowfall, let alone that have ever fallen, how could snowologists have possibly taken a sample large enough to conclude that no two are alike?

   • 2005, Dennis Hamill, “Amid Hype, I Ask "Snow What?"”, in New York Daily News‎^[2]:

     "Dress warm," advises one brilliant snowologist. "Wear a hat."