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Snoogers… Snow Boogers!
Hi Guys! Not sure if this has been suggested but how about “fender fudge”?
Carbancles.
Pronounced car-bunk-als, to rhyme (sort of) with barnacles.
You’re welcome.
In my family, these are known as collectites, naturally for the way they form.
My wife and I were listening to your show on 2 April, and figured it was still April Fools Day because Tom and Ray were on the air. But as we continued to listen about what to call ice and snow that builds up in the fender wells, my wife immediately named it ‘fender snot’. That name clearly and succinctly says it all.
And for all year round fun, there can be variations on it. During winter time it can be ‘fender ice snot’.
In the summer when roads are being repaired and resurfaced, it can be ‘fender tar snot’.
When you go offroading with a car or truck and get a buidup of dirt, rocks, trees, small animals, etc., it can be ‘fender dirt snot’.
Or if you go driving through your neighbors’ yards after a night of drinking or outright rage, it can be ‘fender turf snot’.
And if you accidently run over small animals on the road, it can be called ‘fender fur snot’.
There can be many versions of this of course to meet all seasons and road conditions.
So I think you need to add ‘fender snot’ for consideration.
Car Eggs
In Montana, there has been a name for that for as long as I remember. They are called “Car Eggs”.
You kick Car Eggs off with the toe of your winter boot. They accumulate in car washes and in the snow banks that line driveways and streets.
Running over a large Car Egg that has been laid in the middle of the road is not a good idea.
Luckily, they all usually melt by Easter or soon after.
Road Bugers
I call them snow boogers. Combining the terms to “snoogers” looses something.