Ah, the weather guys!
"Ten degrees" is never enough � gotta be "the ten-degree mark."
"Thundershowers" is never enough � gotta be "thundershower activity."
"New England" is never enough � gotta be "the New England area."
Inevitably, invariably
And the sports writers with their eternal scramble for cutesy-poo clich� substitutes for won, lost, and beat are just as wacky in their own ways.