Not Enough Words for Snow

We need more words for snow. Too many of our terms rely on adjectives preceding that one boring noun. I think particularly of packing snow—why isn't there a term for that? Other snow words, like powder, are borrowed and only clearly apply to snow when heard or read in context.


Now that's what I call packing snow, for lack of a better word.

My favorite English words for winter precipitation are sleet and slush. They are both perfect expressions of their meanings.

We need more of those.